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Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are injectable medications—but a strange new market has emerged selling oral “compounded” versions online, despite a lack of evidence that they [...]
Northwestern University Takes Top Honors in BIG Idea Lunar Inflatables Challenge
Following eight months of intense research, design, and prototyping, six university teams presented their “Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations” concepts to a panel of judges [...]
First Nations Launch Winners Watch Crew-7 Launch
NASA/Ben Smegelsky & Virgil Cameron In this image from Aug. 26, 2023, participants from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition watch NASA’s SpaceX [...]
NASA Engineer Carries Indigenous Roots into New Aviation Era
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Abigail Reigner, a systems engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, supports the [...]
You Can Now Buy Lab-Grown Foie Gras
A lab-grown alternative to fattened duck liver offers an controversial future for the cultivated meat industry: as a luxury product for the few.Read More
Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map
Dijkstra’s algorithm was long thought to be the most efficient way to find a graph’s best routes. Researchers have now proven that it’s “universally optimal.”Read [...]
These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It
Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.Read [...]
What Lee Zeldin’s Nomination Means for the EPA
What to expect: deregulation justified as boosts for the economy, and platitudes about the importance of clean air and water.Read More