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Weight-loss wonder pharmaceuticals Ozempic and Mounjaro may have a new rival to contend with as early as 2026, which is expected to have significantly fewer side effects—if not none at all. The news follows various studies indicating that the use of GLP-1 medications has exceeded 700% since 2019. In fact, it has become so popular that nearly every celeb who …

Scientists ‘Hack’ Fruit Fly Romance By Transferring Vomit-Based Courtship Between Species  Study Finds Fruit fly study achieves first transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation  Phys.org A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts  Science News Source link

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We have not been able to detect dark matter yet, even though there are many aspects of the universe that suggest the existence of invisible matter. In one new theory, it is possible that dark matter exists in a mirror universe where there are only dark versions of forces that hold …

There’s bad news for our hopes of habitable planets existing around TRAPPIST-1, with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finding no evidence for an Earth-like atmosphere on a third world orbiting the red dwarf. However, that still leaves four other planets in orbit around TRAPPIST-1 that could be habitable, with at least two or three of them in what is …

A biology team pitched their tents one night inside Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan National Park. While checking rocks near camp, the group lifted a flat slab and met a tiny brown scorpion, Scorpiops krachana, staring back with a startling array of eight bright eyes. Scorpiops krachan, a species new to science, was formally described and submitted for review on March 6, …

In February 2024, paleontologists from across the globe unveiled new and groundbreaking details about the Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, a marine reptile that roamed the Earth over 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic period. This study, published in the Earth and Environmental Science: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, sheds new light on a reptile whose unusual features captivated …

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have stumbled upon a powerful and mysterious astrophysical object in the NGC 4945 galaxy, which lies about 11 million light-years away from Earth. This enigmatic object, dubbed “Punctum,” has sparked a flurry of curiosity and debate among astronomers. First identified by a team led by Elena Shablovinskaia of the Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos at the …

Your gut microbes could be causing your insomnia, according to a new study from China. And the reverse is also true: your sleep habits could also impact your gut health. Previous research has already suggested that sleep habits and gut health could be interlinked, but a recent analysis published in the journal General Psychiatry indicates that the link might be …

Keeping your blood pressure within a healthy range isn’t just essential for your long-term cardiovascular health, but is also beneficial for your brain, too. Typically, the best way to get things under control is with diet and exercise. But now, scientists say they’ve found that running an air purifier with a HEPA filter at home can go a long way …

The idea of taking blood from the young to rejuvenate the elderly is getting an increasing amount of attention from scientists, and a new study has shown how some of the youthful properties of our skin can be restored with this kind of blood swap. A special 3D human skin model was set up in the lab by researchers, who …