
New powerful GLP-1 drugs drop a lot of weight fast. How does that affect health?
New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?

New powerful GLP-1 drugs drop a lot of weight fast. How does that affect health?
New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?
Europe’s deadly spring heat wave is obliterating temperature records
What’s the biggest galaxy in the universe?
Today’s Spellements

Science Quiz: What can’t a computer do?
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment
What’s a quantum computer good for, anyway?
NASA’s Artemis era may finally solve three major moon mysteries
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.

Can peanut allergies be cured?
How much vitamin D do you need to stay healthy?
These cancers were beyond treatment—but might not be anymore
A new book debunks the myth of human selfishness—and makes the case for an ‘ecocivilization’
This researcher made up a disease to test AI. It failed miserably
Putting a nuclear reactor on the moon: big promise, bigger challenges
Hantavirus outbreak has new updates, PCOS is now PMOS, fish hides in another animal’s ‘butthole’

Are the roots of consciousness hidden in the ancient deep brain?
Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club will get a lot bigger

What’s the biggest galaxy in the universe?
Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own. Are there even bigger ones yet to be seen?

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

What happens when galaxies collide?
Our galaxy and its nearest large companion, Andromeda, may be headed for a collision on a cosmic scale. What happens then?

Could the next AI data center be attached to your house?
Smart-panel start-up Span wants to turn spare household electricity into AI computing power. How far it can scale and what effect that would have on the residential grid remain unsettled

AI keeps inventing fake cases. Lawyers keep citing them
The trend of attorneys getting caught citing AI-hallucinated cases points to a broader problem: instead of checking AI’s work, people keep trusting it