The US Food and Drug Administration today approved a pill version of the blockbuster anti-obesity drug Wegovy. Made by Novo Nordisk, the pill is taken once a day. The company’s original version of Wegovy is a weekly injection. Both drugs contain the same active ingredient, semaglutide.
“This…
Nominated and successfully appointed as the 15th…
Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers on Earth, and its future evolution is one of the biggest unknowns when it comes to predicting global sea level rise.
The eastern ice shelf of the Thwaites Glacier is supported at…
Being identified as a child prodigy could actually hamper the chances of being a high performer later in life, a new study has found.
Ten years ago, a Fitbit was about as sophisticated a wearable as you could get. The Apple Watch soon supplanted it, quickly becoming the world’s best-selling smartwatch. Then came the sleeker, more unassuming Oura ring.
Now there’s a new breed of wearables—built for your head. Instead of…
No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does.
With its sleek body optimized for hunting, razor-sharp teeth, and its (somewhat undeserved) reputation for enjoying human flesh, the ‘great’ white (Carcharodon carcharias) is widely regarded as one of…
A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt – a move that scientists say is extremely rare – and the new family was caught on video….
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems off the blackboard, thinking they were a homework assignment. He found the homework “harder…
One of Ireland’s oldest astronomical institutions is continuing its centuries-old tradition of observing the winter solstice.
It comes this…
