The Download: the mysteries surrounding weight-loss drugs, and the economic effects of AI
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What we still don’t know about weight-loss drugs
Unfortunately, the company found that the drug did not appear to delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the volunteers who took it. The news...
The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small AI data center....
We’re learning more about what weight-loss drugs do to the body
We know they can suppress appetite, lower blood sugar, and lead to dramatic weight loss. We also know that they come with side effects, which...
The Download: Tracking the evolution of street drugs, and the next wave of military AI
In 2021, the Maryland Department of Health and the state police were confronting a crisis: Fatal drug overdoses in the state were at an all-time...
How the federal government is tracking changes in the supply of street drugs
There, a research chemist named Ed Sisco and his team had developed methods for detecting trace amounts of drugs, explosives, and other dangerous materials—techniques that...