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Blockbuster retatrutide trial signals a ‘new high-water mark’ for weight-loss drugs

Next-generation weight-loss drugs just hit a new milestone: In a phase 3 clinical trial, retatrutide helped people with type 2 diabetes lose an average of up to 49.6 pounds, or.

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Scientists discover largest new impact crater in the solar system ever—on our moon

The moon has no shortage of craters. But a newly discovered pit discovered by NASA scientists has proven to be the cosmic equivalent of a needle in a haystack. Each.

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What even is an AI kill switch?

Calls to slow the development of frontier artificial intelligence, the industry’s most powerful models, have grown much louder in the past week. One idea keeps coming up as a way.

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This cosmic particle was never meant to reach Earth. Now scientists think they finally know why it did

Pineapple on pizza and rain on weekends shouldn’t exist on Earth, yet somehow they do. And a mysterious cosmic particle that was detected in 2022 shouldn’t have made it to.

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House passes stopgap bill that pauses changes to federal science grant-making process

A Trump administration effort to give political figures control over a large swath of U.S. science funding is off the table until at least December. On Tuesday members of the.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX to expand beyond Texas Starbase with new Louisiana spaceport dedicated to Starship

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is ready to expand its horizons beyond its Starbase in South Texas. On Tuesday the company announced it will build a spaceport in Louisiana dedicated to launching.

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Land speed record holder shatters hydrogen car record with 406-mph race

Andy Green is the only person to ever break the sound barrier on land. And on Tuesday he shattered several more speed records, driving faster than anyone ever had officially.

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Wormholes could be the key to time travel

This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. Last week I explained how.

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Why Einstein’s theories of relativity make time travel possible

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Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it’s enjoying the scenic route. In a flyby maneuver earlier this year, Psyche used the planet’s gravity.

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