Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

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In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical ...

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and ...

Math’s “best-choice problem” could help humans become better decision-makers, at everything from choosing the best job ...

Some researchers dream of solving all mysteries with a common method—but a mathematical paradox may keep such solutions out ...

Brooke Scelza is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles’s department of anthropology. She is co-director of the Kunene Rural Health and Demography Project, where she studies ...

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