There is now a regular deluge of new studies showing the potential widespread health benefits of GLP-1s, the class of drugs that encompasses diabetes and obesity treatments like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic (which contain the active ingredient semaglutide) and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro (active ingredient tirzepatide). From weight loss in obese patients, to protecting heart and cardiovascular health outcomes, to lowering blood pressure, combating fatty liver disease,
Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most were flying back from hunting trips and their cabins were messy with blood and empty beers cans on the floor.
“They’d say to me, ‘Hey kid, would you clean my airplane? I’ll give you a dime,'” Dwight, 90, recalls. But when he was 8 or 9, Dwig
The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage. While it remains upright and in contact with flight controllers, its $85 million mission is officially over, officials said.
Originally intended as a short-term tech demo, Ingenuity logged 72 flights over three years at Mars. It accumulated more than two hours of flight time, traveling 11 miles (18 kilometers). That’s more than 14 times
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