1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (264+ words) Producing the drugs is a dirty process Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and other GLP-1s have been touted as miracle drugs with a myriad of health benefits. However, they come at a high environmental cost. The manufacturing of the drugs can produce…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (536+ words) New findings have resurfaced an old, controversial idea We often wonder whether there are aliens on other planets but what if we ourselves are aliens on the planet we call home?Panspermia, the "controversial" theory that life "began elsewhere in…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (383+ words) The practice of alchemy has been attempted for thousands of years The exact science, according to Marathon, involves "introducing mercury-198 into a fusion reactor and bombarding it with neutrons until it transforms into mercury-197," said Gizmodo. Mercury-197 is a much…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (630+ words) A 'forever chemical' in rainwater is reviving a largely forgotten environmental issue Just when you thought it was safe to go out in wet weather, acid rain "may have a sequel", said Popular Mechanics, and "like most sequels, it's arguably…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (153+ words) The process could be a solution to plastic pollution Tylenol could potentially be made greener and cheaper with the help of bacteria. Scientists were able to use a bacterial chemical reaction to convert a plastic water bottle into paracetamol with…...