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2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

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2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

GLP-1 agonists have already had an outsized influence on society, and with pill versions and more advanced formulations on the horizon, that looks set to continue

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LIAOCHENG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: (CHINA OUT) People take photos with the glass sculpture of a Chinese cabbage installed at a square on February 18, 2016 in Liaocheng, Shandong Province of China. The glass sculpture is 9-meters tall and 5-meters wide. The Chinese cabbage is called

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Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

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Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

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Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

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Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

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How not to misread science fiction

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Why it is important to make space for solitude over the festive season

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Why it is important to make space for solitude over the festive season

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New Year's resolutions work better if you know what to measure

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New Year's resolutions work better if you know what to measure

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What I’ll be doing to help detox my brain in the new year

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Quantum computers turned out to be more useful than expected in 2025

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Cosmology’s Great Debate began a century ago – and is still going

Our understanding of the true nature of the cosmos relies on measurements of its expansion, but cosmologists have been arguing back and forth about it for more than 100 years

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This year we were drowning in a sea of slick, nonsensical AI slop

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Comets were on fire this year – for better or worse

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Science still produced many wonders in 2025 despite being under siege

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How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year

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