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GLP-1s Are Rewriting the Story of Weight Loss and Mental Health
Weight-loss companies that offer the drugs are professing care for more than their customers’ waistline.
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Why a Sea-Lion Epidemic Is a Bad Sign for Humans
Animals that bridge the human world and the wild can be uniquely perilous to human health.
RFK Jr.’s Brazen Reassurance to Anti-Vaxxers
“You have friends in the White House,” he said at a conference hosted by the anti-vaccine organization he founded.
This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video
Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way
Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution.
The Los Angeles Rams Are Trying to Defeat Time
Welcome to the Super Bowl of jet lag.
Medicine Needs to Get Serious About AI
Let the robots try being doctors.
Cereal Has Strayed Too Far
How breakfast became dessert
The Dark Side of Mindfulness
A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.