Category: Science
A ‘Wildly Unusual’ Outbreak of Dengue is Hitting Florida Hard As Several Counties Declare State of Emergency
2026 is set to be the worst year yet for locally acquired cases in the state.
Dead Mouse Found in Jar of Mezzetta Peppers Prompts Recall
TikTok videos with the unfortunate rodent have gone viral.
Scientists Uncover Worrying Link Between Frequent Cannabis Use and Seizures
Today's high THC products might be raising people's risk of severe epilepsy, the researchers of a new study...
Living Drugs Transformed Blood Cancer Treatment—and That’s Just the Beginning
Renier Brentjens, an early pioneer of CAR T cell therapy, is working on the next generation of these...
Los Angeles Has a Flea Problem—and It’s Fueling Typhus Outbreaks
People are usually infected by flea poop entering their bite wounds.
Claude Found a Mysterious CRISPR-Like System—but Anthropic Can’t Say What It’s Capable of
Anthropic said Claude AI has identified a previously unknown enzyme system that looks remarkably like CRISPR’s gene-editing Cas9....
More Than 1 Million Americans Are Taking Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Without an Approved Reason. Is That Actually a Problem?
New research shows that off-label use of GLP-1s has surged in recent years.
These Scientists Are Charting a New Future for Organ Transplantation—and It Starts With Pigs
"Once you eliminate the scarcity of organs, I think you open up a future that is going to...
Stroke Rates in Younger Americans Have Nearly Doubled Since the 90s—and Scientists Can’t Fully Explain It
New research shows that strokes are increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 55, but scientists aren't sure...
Nearly 1 in 6 Kids on GLP-1s Developed This Problem Within a Year
Many kids who take these drugs aren't given dietary counseling, a recent study suggests.
