David Kessler took GLP-1 drugs to help manage his weight. In his new book, he explains why the drugs are revolutionary, but ...

In his new book, a former FDA commissioner unpacks the latest science on metabolism, weight loss, and how GLP-1 drugs ...

Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to ...

Microbes—from deep in the ocean to the slime inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.

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Last month, a baby got the world’s first personalized gene-editing treatment. What will this mean for millions of others with ...

Whistling requires attention to your mouth, muscles, and breath. Here’s how it works, and how to get better at it.

The National Weather Service issued the heat advisory earlier this week, with temperatures in central Alaska climbing to the ...

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis with an aggressive form of prostate cancer has put a spotlight on prostate cancer ...

Physicist Suchitra Sebastian may have discovered a new state of matter. But the hardest part was convincing the doubters.

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On an otherwise unremarkable September day in 2014, Luca, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-obsessed 4-year-old, had a fever. Riley Bove, Luca’s mother, didn’t think much of it at first—a back to school ...