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FDA Approves the First Birth-Control Pill for Over-the-...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the oral contracep...

Why You Don't Just Lose Fat When You're on a Diet

Here's why your body sheds fat and muscle when you diet

New Human Embryo Models Spark Needless Controversy

Recent news of complex embryo models revived debates over stem cells and human c...

Infinity Is Not Always Equal to Infinity

There are infinite real and natural numbers—yet real numbers exceed natural numb...

India Aims for the Moon with Launch of Chandrayaan-3

After a failure in 2019, India’s second attempt to land on the moon comes as the...

New Tinnitus Therapy Can Quiet Torturous Ringing in the...

A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half

Climate Change Could Stump AI Weather Prediction

Artificial intelligence taps historical weather data in forecasting, but the cha...

Who Was Alessandra Giliani, 14th Century Teen Anatomist?

Was a teenager named Alessandra Giliani the western world’s first female anatomi...

Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own

Russia and other nations are working on “sovereign Internet” systems that threat...

AI Is an Existential Threat--Just Not the Way You Think

Some fear that artificial intelligence will threaten humanity’s survival. But th...

How My Mother's Dementia Showed Me Another Side of Neur...

My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely

Could New Weight-Loss Drugs like Ozempic Treat Addiction?

Ozempic and similar medications may target brain circuitry involved in addiction...

How the Brain Creates Your Physical Sense of Self

New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that c...

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