These 10 Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Can Work, but Are They Safe?

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If you’re concerned about getting back to or maintaining a healthy weight, the world is full of companies who are happy to lighten your wallet, at least, by selling you miracle drugs and supplements that they promise will help curb appetite, reduce fat, and cut weight. Unfortunately, far too many weight-loss aids and supplements are heavy on hype and light on evidence. That only adds to the frustration of people struggling with their weight — of whom there are many. According to the Centers ...read more

Ancient Teeth and Bones Show Stone Age People Consumed a Paleo Diet

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Pop culture often associates “cave men” with meat eaters. So researchers investigating people who lived in a Moroccan cave 13,000 years to 15,000 years ago were somewhat surprised to find the extent to which they relied on a plant-based diet, according to a report in Nature Ecology & Evolution.The findings may move up the time when agriculture became favored over hunting and gathering — or at least provide a clearer picture of the transition. “Our findings not only provide insights i ...read more

Shooting Streams of Pee, Cicadas Will do Weird Things During the Emergence

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Cicadas emerging in 2024 are part of a historic double brood. Both 13-year and 17-year-old cicada broods are uprising simultaneously. An event like this happens once every 221 years and double broods like the ones emerging in the spring have not been seen since 1803. But 13-year and 17-year-old broods emerging in the same year do happen every 5 to 6 years — just not at the same time as this year’s cicadas. As the cicadas emerge as nymphs and later molt into winged cicadas, they will do a var ...read more

And The Biggest Unsolved Problems In Physics Are…

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The story has been told many times. At the beginning of the 20th century, physics seemed essentially solved. One or two puzzling phenomena like the photoelectric effect and concerns over black body radiation had scientists scratching their heads but a general feeling prevailed that solving these issues would be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.In the event, these seemingly minor problems required an entire revolution for the laws of physics. And the result — quantum theory and relativi ...read more

Zoonotic Diseases Can Happen in Reverse, Which Could Get Your Pet Sick

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Many people with pets can relate — on sick days, their dog or cat seems to know something is wrong. More so, they refuse to leave their side. They follow them from the bed to the couch and back again.When pets keep close to their ailing humans, researchers have found it is possible to pass on the pathogen. Although scientists typically focus on animal-borne diseases that spread to humans (like the Avian flu), researchers are increasingly considering how diseases can spread in the reverse.Scien ...read more

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