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Scientists discover why Ozempic works better for some people

Some people taking Ozempic-like diabetes drugs may be getting dramatically better results for a surprising reason: why they overeat in the first place. A year-long study in Japan found that people who tend to eat because tempting food looks or smells irresistible were much more

Hantavirus confirmed as rare human-to-human variant

Health authorities are stepping up international monitoring and response efforts after additional cases linked to an Andes hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise vessel MV Hondius were confirmed in Europe. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed today (6 May)

Designed to hurt Asia, Trump’s tariffs did the opposite

When the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs on Asian economies on April 2, 2025, the political framing was simple. The tariffs would punish Asian exporters, shrink the US trade deficit and force capital home. Asia was cast as the vulnerable party in a contest the

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The origins of Indians

Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture - by Kiran Kumbhar Read on Aeon

The Growing Movement to Give Money Back to Renters

Nikimbre Daniels spent her thirties living off the grid. Her homes included a yurt in a meadow in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, countless R.V.s in nearly every region of the country, and even a tent. It was the life she chose after spending her twenties in South

Southern Republicans Are Already Deleting Black Districts

Throughout the American South is an archipelago of majority-Black congressional districts that provide some measure of Black representation in Congress. These districts owe their existence to a combination of basic electoral math, federal court orders, and legislative

Open Season

"Colorado’s San Luis Valley was a wildlife poacher’s paradise. Then an undercover federal agent arrived."

Louisiana Republicans Seem Content to Let New Orleans Drown

In the coming decades, New Orleans will be surrounded by ocean. That’s the contention of a paper published this week in Nature Sustainability . It finds that the city has already passed a “point of no return.” The authors recommend taking immediate action to start relocating