Category Science

Novo Nordisk has announced the launch of a daily oral pill version of its weight-loss injection, Wegovy, just two weeks after the new formulation was approved by regulators. GLP-1 medications…

A vital part of owning a dog is protecting your canine companion from various ailments, one of the most grave of which is heartworm disease. If the proper precautions aren’t…

Beluga whales in Alaska’s Bristol Bay do not rely on dominant males or fixed pairings to reproduce. Instead, a long-running genetic study reveals that both males and females have multiple…

Veronika the cow reaches down and picks up a brush with her mouth. Instead of using it in a single, simple way, she rotates the object, selects different ends, and…

After lying dormant for nearly 100 million years, a supermassive black hole has roared back to life — and astronomers have caught it in the act. New radio images, published…

Key Takeaways on People Born With A Tail People born with a tail either have true tails or pseudo-tails. A true tail is a vestigial body part that serves no…

There was a time when Stonehenge was believed to be a kind of “Neolithic computer.” Archaeology has since corrected that misconception. Today, the evidence points strongly in another direction: to…

Key Takeaways on One-Celled Organisms One-celled organisms began influencing life once their descendants achieved multicellularity. Researchers once thought that this multicellularity transition was rather explosive, but it turns out that…

Key Takeaways on How Many Satellites Circle Earth There are about 15,000 artificial satellites currently circling Earth, with most residing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellites circling Earth are…

Although the woolly rhinoceros died out alongside other iconic Ice Age megafauna, a trace of this extinct species has survived for thousands of years inside an ancient wolf’s stomach. Inside…