McKenzie is a science and health journalist at The Cancer Letter.

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Obesity drugs aren’t always forever. What happens when you quit?
Nature, Scientific American
Obesity drugs aren’t always forever. What happens when you quit?
Nature, Scientific American

Many researchers think that Wegovy and Ozempic should be taken for life, but myriad factors can force people off them.

Nature, Scientific American
Satellite Events Connect Physicists Around the World to the March Meeting
APS News
Satellite Events Connect Physicists Around the World to the March Meeting
APS News

Sites in seven countries expanded opportunities to participate and collaborate.

APS News
This fMRI technique promised to transform brain research — why can no one replicate it?
Nature
This fMRI technique promised to transform brain research — why can no one replicate it?
Nature

The DIANA technique sparked excitement from neuroscientists. But two new papers have cast doubt over the results.

Nature
Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds
Science News
Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds
Science News

Scientists are on a quest to log all the sounds of fish communication. The result could lead to better monitoring of ecosystems and fish behavior.

Science News
Building a Quantum Workforce Doesn’t Just Mean Graduating More Ph.D.s
APS News
Building a Quantum Workforce Doesn’t Just Mean Graduating More Ph.D.s
APS News

To bring millions of new technology workers into the fold, nations must cast a wide net.

APS News
Daddy longlegs look like they have two eyes. That doesn’t count the hidden ones
Science News
Daddy longlegs look like they have two eyes. That doesn’t count the hidden ones
Science News

Two sets of vestigial eyes shed light on the arachnids’ evolutionary history

Science News
More than 1 billion people worldwide are now estimated to have obesity
Science News
More than 1 billion people worldwide are now estimated to have obesity
Science News

The chronic disease affects roughly one-eighth of the global population

Science News
Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
Nature
Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
Nature

Large language models are transforming scientific writing and publishing. But the productivity boost that these tools bring could come with a downside.

Nature
How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread
Nature
How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread
Nature

A new wave of research is unpicking the relationship between cancer and neurons — and looking for ways to stop the crosstalk.

Nature

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