Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Slashes Risk of Death in Some People with Heart Disease
The drug semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, is already known to treat diabetes, aid rapid weight loss,…
Helping People With Serious Mental Illness Quit Smoking
October 24, 2023 • Research Highlight People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression,…
People Who Speak Backward Reveal the Brain’s Endless Ability to Play with Language
In 2020 Adolfo García, a neurolinguist at Argentina’s University of San Andrés, had a chance encounter with a photographer who…
The Flu Vaccine Works–In a Way Most People Don’t Appreciate
It’s like clockwork: first comes a brisk fall breeze, then comes the public health push to get a flu shot.…
Ancient Footprints Affirm People Lived in the Americas More than 20,000 Years Ago
Fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park were almost certainly made more than 20,000 years ago,…
Classifying Heat Waves Will Help People Better Understand Their Dangers
Recently, I interviewed a DoorDash driver named Britni Duwii for a story about the dangers of extreme heat. Britni worked…
How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Mysteries of Intersection Theory
Hannah Larson is obsessed with understanding what happens when two or more mathematical objects intersect. Larson, a mathematician at the…
Discrimination Has Trapped People of Color in Unhealthy Urban ‘Heat Islands’
On a July day in 2021 that would become blazing hot, dozens of community volunteers gathered before sunrise at the…
More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola
Inside a two-story brick building, not far from the orchids and iguanas of the botanical garden in Medellín, Colombia, wildlife…
People Who Are Changing the Environment One Community at a Time
One in four deaths worldwide can be linked to environmental conditions. Heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and more could…