Popular drugs for diabetes and weight loss could have an unexpected side effect. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, were linked ...

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, ...

Potatoes, smartphones, social media, and AI. What do they have in common? On the surface, not much. But all four have recently been the subject of scientific claims—some modest, others dramatic—that ...

Another very common condition is high blood pressure. About one in ten adults around the world has it. High blood pressure ...