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With GLP-1 drugs becoming more accessible and affordable, they could also be within reach for substance use treatment. Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Education

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to...

Staff Writer - March 5, 2026

Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking...

Health

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...

Staff Writer - November 19, 2023

Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...

Health

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...

Staff Writer - May 10, 2022

Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...

EXPLORING NATURE

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Environment

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

Staff Writer - February 19, 2026

Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near...

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026