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Drugmaker shut down after black schmutz found in injectable weight-loss drug

It’s unclear how widely the pharmacy’s drugs were distributed. Fullerton Wellness could not be reached for comment. Bigger battles This is just the latest warning on weight-loss drugs from the FDA, which has repeatedly cautioned about quality and safety problems…

black hole feeds at 40 times the theoretical limit

How did supermassive black holes end up at the center of every galaxy? A while back, it wasn’t that hard to explain: That’s where the highest concentration of matter is, and the black holes had billions of years to feed…

What this 500-year-old shipwreck can tell us about how we age

Dem collarbones A schematic to illustrate the approximate location from which the measurements were taken; an example right clavicle from each age group. Credit: S.I. Shalnkland et al., PLOS ONE 2024 A schematic to illustrate the approximate location from which…

China’s long-term lunar plans now depend on developing its own Starship

When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country’s first super heavy lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster. The rocket was fully expendable, with three stages and solid motors strapped onto its…

Fungi may not think, but they can communicate

Because the soil layer was so thin, most hyphae, which usually grow and spread underground by releasing spores, were easily seen, giving the researchers an opportunity to observe where connections were being made in the mycelium. Early hyphal coverage was…