Scientists at a NY university say they can bring back the near extinct American chestnut tree, wiped out a century ago, ...

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July 8, 2026 A new once-daily weight-loss pill called orforglipron delivered better weight loss and blood sugar improvements than the leading oral semaglutide in a major clinical trial. The tablet ...

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Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...