FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 Pill
Eli Lilly’s once-daily Foundayo is the second obesity pill to receive FDA approval. It will compete with Novo Nordisk’s pill version of Wegovy.
Read MoreNASA will attempt to launch astronauts to the moon today. What to know and how to watch
Live coverage for NASA’s Artemis II mission is underway. The mission aims to send humans to the moon for the first time in a half-century.
Read MoreWhat do scientists hope to learn from NASA’s historic Artemis 2 moon flyby?
Here’s what’s on the experiment roster for the Artemis 2 moon mission.
Read MoreNASA’s Artemis 2 moon launch may be visible from Florida and southern Georgia today. Here’s when to look
Here’s where you need to be to see the Artemis 2 moon rocket launch with your own eyes.
Read MoreWatch Artemis 2 fly through space in real time with this telescope livestream
A Virtual Telescope Project livestream aims to track NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft after launch — here’s how to watch it as it travels through space.
Read MoreA fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws
A Utah fossil shows early relatives of spiders and scorpions already had distinctive front claws 500 million years ago.
Read MoreA 200-year-old light trick just transformed quantum encryption
Scientists have unveiled a new approach to ultra-secure communication that could make quantum encryption simpler and more efficient than ever before. By harnessing a 19th-century optics phenomenon called the Talbot effect, researchers developed a system that sends information using multiple states of single photons instead of just two, dramatically boosting data capacity. Even more impressive,…
Read MoreCoffee at night may increase risky behavior, especially in women
Drinking coffee at night might come with an unexpected downside: increased impulsivity. In a new study, fruit flies given caffeine after dark behaved more recklessly, ignoring signals that normally make them stop. Daytime caffeine didn’t have the same effect, pointing to a strong link between timing and behavior. Even more striking, females were far more…
Read MoreMillions start work too early. This drug helps them stay awake
Millions of people start work before sunrise—but their brains aren’t ready for it. A new clinical trial has found that the wake-promoting drug solriamfetol can significantly boost alertness in early-morning shift workers struggling with shift work disorder. Participants who took the drug were able to stay awake and function better throughout full shifts, with improvements…
Read MoreApril’s full ‘Pink Moon’ rises tonight — just as NASA readies its Artemis 2 moon mission
The “Pink Moon” will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.
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