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Weight loss drugs slash risk of 4 types of cancer by 50% or more, study finds – AOL
The use of GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss has been increasing. Researchers continue to examine how GLP-1s might affect a person's health beyond type 2 diabetes management and weight loss. A new study found a…
NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal History of Relic of Milky Way’s Formation – NASA Science
Researchers using two of humanity’s most powerful observatories — NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — have definitively shown that Terzan 5 is not a globular star cluster as it was once classified, offering new insight…
Ozempic was found in a 2025 clinical trial to reduce measurable biological age in adults
The drug currently sweeping through the world’s prescription markets as a treatment for diabetes and obesity may turn out to do something its manufacturer never quite designed it for. In July 2025, a research team led by Michael J.…
In Antarctica, a frozen vault holds the secrets of the world’s vanishing glaciers | CNN
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Scientists are preserving ice cores from endangered glaciers in a vault carved deep…
My Wife’s Puritanical “Sex Rule” Is Really Putting a Damper Our Big Jamaican Vacation
How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous!
Dear How to Do It,
My wife has a ridiculous hang up that I’m sick of: She insists on never having sex when we…
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated
Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in the small English town of Malmesbury, wearing a pair of crude wings…
The Pacemaker Patch
A pacemaker is implanted to send signals that regulate a patient’s heartbeat, and to do that, you need power. That means they require battery changes, and when the device in question happens to be inside your chest,…
The Apollo astronauts who carried lunar dust back into the cabin kept making the same
The Apollo astronauts who tracked Moon dust back into their cabin kept filing the same odd report. Fresh lunar dust, they said, smelled like spent gunpowder. The impression was immediate, and it was reported by multiple crews. Yet the…
Scientists found the strength training sweet spot for a longer life
A long-running study suggests that 90 to 120 minutes of strength (resistance) training each week may be the ideal range for reducing the risk of death. The research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, followed…
Scientists found the strength training sweet spot for a longer life
A long-running study suggests that 90 to 120 minutes of strength (resistance) training each week may be the ideal range for reducing the risk of death. The research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, followed…