STAT staffers share stories they wish they had written in 2025
This year saw upheaval in all corners of health, science, and biotech. While our staff was covering all…
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are changing the foods Americans buy
The impact of popular U.S. weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy (GLP-1 receptor agonists), upon their initial introduction…
New Species Being Discovered Faster Than Ever – At a Rate of Over 16,000 a Year
New lanternfly discovered in India – SWNS New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever,…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…
Bazinga! UC physicist cracks ‘Big Bang Theory’ problem
And that’s where the show’s fictional physicists failed, Zupan said. “The Big Bang Theory” ran from 2007 to…
Skip the protein bar. Researchers say swearing can help people perform better on physical tasks
Published on 23/12/2025 – 12:26 GMT+1 Swearing like a sailor is generally frowned upon in polite society. But…
New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration— Harvard Gazette
Harvard University on Thursday announced the creation of the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Harvard, a new…
Bazinga! UC physicist cracks ‘Big Bang Theory’ problem
And that’s where the show’s fictional physicists failed, Zupan said. “The Big Bang Theory” ran from 2007 to…
Topical steroid withdrawal community feels sting of NIH turmoil
On May 23, 2023, Kelly Barta arrived at the National Institutes of Health to figure out what was…
Scientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutes
Learning how a physical system behaves usually means repeating measurements and using statistics to uncover patterns. That approach…
Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth
Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life…
Cheese May Help Stave Off Dementia Suggests Study of 27k People Followed Over 25 Years
Coyau, CC license Researchers in Sweden found a link between eating more high-fat cream and high-fat cheeses and…