Young people’s use of diabetes and weight loss drugs is up 600 percent 
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by Meghan Rosen
10h ago
Young people’s use of diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is surging, especially among females ages 18 to 25 ..read more
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Two distinct neural pathways may make opioids like fentanyl so addictive
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by Claudia López Lloreda
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A study in mice looked at how feelings of reward and withdrawal that opioids trigger play out in two separate circuits in the brain ..read more
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Here’s how ice may get so slippery 
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by Emily Conover
10h ago
Ice’s weirdly slick exterior might originate from the boundaries between two different types of ice that form on the surface of frozen water ..read more
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Human body lice could harbor the plague and spread it through biting 
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by Tina Hesman Saey
1d ago
Rats and fleas previously got all the blame, but humans’ own parasites could be involved ..read more
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The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus
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by Emily Conover
1d ago
An experiment studying the neutrino’s “wave packet” sets a limit on the uncertainty of the subatomic particle’s position ..read more
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One of the world’s earliest farming villages housed surprisingly few people
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by Bruce Bower
2d ago
Hundreds, not thousands, occupied the Turkish site of Çatalhöyük nearly 9,000 years ago, undermining arguments for a Neolithic social revolution ..read more
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‘The High Seas’ tells of the many ways humans are laying claim to the ocean
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by Carolyn Gramling
3d ago
The book explains how the race for ocean resources from fish to ores to new medicines — the Blue Acceleration — is playing out ..read more
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Burning the stomach lining reduces the ‘hunger hormone’ and cuts weight 
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by Meghan Rosen
5d ago
An experimental weight loss procedure blasts the stomach lining with heat to curb hunger and cut pounds ..read more
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Sumatran orangutans start crafting their engineering skills as infants
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by Elizabeth Anne Brown
5d ago
By 6 months old, young orangutans are experimenting with construction materials, and by 6 years old, they are building platforms 20 meters in the air ..read more
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The heart plays a hidden role in our mental health
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by Laura Sanders
6d ago
Deciphering the messages that the heart sends to the brain could lead to new anxiety treatments and even unlock the secrets of consciousness ..read more
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