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Learn more about Orforglipron, a daily GLP-1 weight loss pill that could be a better alternative to GLP-1 injections. 

Submerged Leg Bones Suggest Denisovans May Have Stood Much Taller Than Other Hominins in Asia

Underwater Data Centers Promise a Climate-Forward Solution, But a Warming Ocean Complicates Things

Common Diabetes Drug Metformin and “Nature’s Ozempic” May Lower Blood Sugar Through the Gut

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Different Mosquito Species Prefer to Bite Specific People, Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacterium Causes 5 Deaths, and a New Ice Age Toad Species

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Exercising With Your Spouse May Improve Communication and Reduce Conflict

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150 Million-Year-Old Archaeopteryx Likely Took Flight the Same Way Crows Do Today 

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Why Earth Looks More Like a Potato Than a Perfect Sphere

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An Ancient Night-Watch System May Explain Why You Sleep Poorly on the First Night of a Trip

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Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacterium Linked To 5 Deaths in Louisiana as Coastal Cases Rise

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Lucky Sighting Captures Dolphins Using Empty Shells to Hunt Fish, a Rarely Seen Skill 

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Newly Analyzed Skull Fragments Suggest Ancient Human Species Had a “Mosaic” Anatomy

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New Ice Age Toad Species Discovered in La Brea Tar Pits Fossil Collection

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The HMS Tiger Broke into Two Sections and Sank 118 Years Ago — Today, Divers Place a Wreath on Its Tiller

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The 2026 Solar Eclipse Is Just the Beginning — How to Plan for the 2027 'Eclipse of the Century'

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When a Total Solar Eclipse Darkened an Empty Zoo, Macaques Climbed and Zebras Ran

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