Illustration of semaglutide activating a key receptor, called GLP-1JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy The active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, a drug called semaglutide, can have direct beneficial effects on the heart within weeks, in addition to the longer-term benefits of...
A Chinese deep-sea mining vehicle during a trial in the Pacific Ocean in July 2024Credit: Shanghai Jiao Tong University/Handout via Xinhua/Alamy Mining companies are hoping that 2025 will be the year they can finally start harvesting valuable minerals from the...
December 27, 20242 min readConcerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill PatientSamples from a hospitalized patient in Louisiana show changes that could make the H5N1 virus spread more easily between humansBy Tanya Lewis edited by Dean Visser Matthias...
December 29, 20245 min readJimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea WormFormer president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects...
December 27, 20245 min readThe U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO OverreactionsWe need less uproar over everyday drones and more critical attention about ones near airports and other restricted airspaceBy Sean Kirkpatrick edited by Daniel Vergano Valentyn Semenov/Alamy Stock PhotoDecember’s spate...
LAS VEGAS — Case manager Bryon Johnson flashed a light into a dark tunnel beneath the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip on a recent fall afternoon. He stepped into an opening in a concrete ditch littered with trash and...
Until now, an orange couldn’t be called healthy, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The fruit has 70 calories, three grams of fiber and more than 100 percent of the recommended daily value for vitamin C. Yet the whole...
Humans use both speech and gestures to convey informationStanford University An artificial intelligence model can make virtual avatars gesture naturally to match spoken words – possibly paving the way for AI-generated newsreaders or influencers that move more realistically as they...
Some researchers propose counteracting global warming by reflecting more sunlight into spaceShutterstock/Pablo Joanidopoulos With the world set to blow past 1.5°C of warming, researchers are increasingly studying possible methods of cooling the planet by modifying the atmosphere or the oceans....
A white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) in the snowAUSLOOS Henry/Hemis/Alamy Days with snow covering the ground are set to become less common across much of the continental US due to climate change. If greenhouse gas emissions continue as usual, by the...
