Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We’ve heard about the threat that United States tariffs pose to Canadian economic security. But a different kind of insecurity now looms with new leadership from…
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People on Ozempic may have fewer heart attacks, strokes, addictions—but more nausea, vomiting, stomach pain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ozempic and Wegovy are increasingly available in Australia and worldwide to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. The dramatic effects of these drugs, known as GLP-1s,…
Trump casts chill over US wind energy sector
Windmills make up about 10 percent of US energy production, with the largest output in the Republican-led states of Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma. Donald Trump has long ranted against wind…
Fired IT worker partly shuts down British Museum
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The British Museum said it had closed a number of exhibits after a fired IT contractor “shut down” some of its systems, in one of several…
The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan.…
Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants. Utilities say it’s not fair
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024. Credit: AP…
Cyber safety board axed: Implications for US security
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Before the end of its first full day of operations, the new Trump administration gutted all advisory panels for the Department of Homeland Security. Among these…
How the Health and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America’s health
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the…
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of 42 health conditions, but also pose risks
Credit: Markus Winkler from Pexels Several years ago, a little-known drug named Ozempic—previously used only to treat diabetes—emerged as a promising new drug for weight management. The Food and Drug…
Mysterious Mars mounds may bolster case for ancient Red Planet ocean
Thousands of hills and mounds on Mars have been found to contain layers of clay minerals, which formed when running water interacted with the rocks during a period when Mars’…
