Science

An injected gel could make drugs like Ozempic last longer

GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss are difficult for some people to inject...

Some killer whales hunt in pairs to maximize their bounty

Drone footage from Norway shows killer whales using a highly coordinated and coo...

Maggots may have been on the Neandertal menu

Maggots on rotting meat may have given Neandertals’ a fatty, nitrogen-rich boost...

AI is designing proteins that could help treat cancer

A team used generative AI to enhance T cells’ ability to fight melanoma. The imm...

This desert beetle runs to cool off

After a sprint, the temperature of the beetle Onymacris plana drops. Efficient r...

U.S. FDA may nix black box warning on some menopause es...

Experts worry the warning on vaginal estrogen menopause treatments is doing more...

A child’s biological sex may not always be a random 50-...

Some people’s biology may set them up to birth babies of a certain sex, explaini...

Math puzzle: Can you meet me at the mall?

Solve the math puzzle from our August 2025 issue, which takes you back to the ti...

‘Rehab’ exposes the dark underside of U.S. drug treatme...

In Rehab, journalist Shoshana Walter investigates the systemic pitfalls of drug ...

Some penguins save energy by riding ocean currents

When navigating home, Magellanic penguins alternate between heading straight bac...

What to know about the extreme U.S. flooding — and ways...

An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atm...

A dog’s taste for TV may depend on its temperament

Anxious dogs might react nervously to some television sounds, a survey of dog ow...

How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history hol...

Earth has survived huge temperature swings over eons of climate change. Humans m...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons poop out the bone...

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in...

How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile T...

This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a pl...

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving...