Are Weight-Loss Drugs Contributing to a Fall in the Obesity Rate?
Dec 9, 2024 · B ut with the increased use of GLP-1s, haven’t we reached a tipping point? After all, around 12 percent of American adults have used a GLP-1 agonist, according to a KFF Health …
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An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue
Nov 5, 2024 · T hree and a half years ago I contracted Guillain-Barré syndrome after getting the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) viral vector vaccine for Covid-19. The neurological disorder has …
Book Review: How Plants Experience the World - Undark Magazine
May 24, 2024 · I n 1973, the bestselling book “The Secret Life of Plants” was published, captivating the public with questions about plant sentience and communication. Even if you …
In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In
May 8, 2024 · I n April 2023, a satellite the size of a microwave launched to space. Its goal: to get ready to mine asteroids. While the mission, courtesy of a company called AstroForge, ran into …
Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong - Undark …
May 25, 2023 · O ver the past few years, a fascinating narrative about forests and fungi has captured the public imagination. It holds that the roots of neighboring trees can be connected …
Opinion: The Uncertain Multigenerational Implications of PFAS
4 days ago · I have decades of direct exposure to PFAS, likely making me — and my breastmilk — a reservoir. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for …
Baring Teeth: The Long Battle Over Fluoride Comes to a Head
Mar 6, 2024 · Back in 1991, after my only Son was born; I started studying about the reasoning behind mandatory water fluoridation and In 2006, I had the honor to meet with Paul Connett, …
Book Review: A Reverent Tribute to Disappearing Creatures
Dec 27, 2024 · W riters whose subject is the natural world, and the overwhelming changes that humans have inflicted upon it, grapple regularly with a maddening dilemma: how to convey …
The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?
Nov 26, 2024 · O n e bluebird day in 2021, employees of Fortem Technologies traveled to a flat piece of Utah desert. The land was a good spot to try the company’s new innovation: an …