Stories by Lori Youmshajekian

Despite headlines, there were fewer food recalls in 2024 than in 2023, but more people died from food poisoning linked to outbreaks

Ozempic and similar GLP-1 weight-loss medications are designed to be a lifelong treatment. But a new study finds the majority of people who use these drugs quit after just two years

Scientists have created a ranking of grocery store items based on their degree of processing

Experts explain the differences between popular retinol products and the way they trigger molecular changes deep in the skin

A new generation of coffee concoctions on social media is putting the spotlight back on the drink’s possible weight-loss effects

Pugs, Boston terriers, bulldogs and boxers—dogs with less wolflike facial features are worse at conveying their feelings

A recent study found that eating ultraprocessed plant-based foods was linked to heart attack and stroke risk. But the devil is in the details

Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge

Extracting, freezing and retransplanting slices of hormone-producing ovarian tissue could postpone menopause, but some experts say it’s not effective enough—or necessary

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in Brazil, Ivory Coast chimpanzees that snoop on their neighbors, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

See how climate disasters cause rippling effects far beyond the initial event

Deciphering a scorched scroll from ancient Herculaneum, unlikely flavors in climate-change-affected wine, an undiscovered ore found in China, and more in this month’s Quick Hits

A newly released image from the James Webb Space Telescope provides a detailed view of a star’s infancy

In 2023 we learned that cats really are choosing to ignore humans and that—despite dogs getting all the glory when it comes to retrieving prowess—cats want to play fetch, too

It turns out that your chronological age really is just a number. What’s more important for knowing disease risk is the biological age of each of your organs

A recent study finds varying combinations of microbes in the vaginal microbiome may influence health outcomes such as risk of sexually transmitted disease and preterm birth

The complexity of the brain comes to life in the annual Art of Neuroscience competition

The explosive secret behind Saturn’s rings, a Scandinavian arrow frozen for 4,000 years, the world's deepest-known virus, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

An AI model could speed up laborious and dangerous demining efforts

A year of exciting ideas and research has given us much to be grateful for

Survivors of gun violence, especially young ones, are often forgotten among those affected by such shootings, and they bear a substantial health burden over the following year

Dozens of mating bats caught on video at a Dutch church reveal an unusual use for their "huge" penises

Women are outliving men by nearly six years—and COVID and drug overdoses are a major cause, according to a new report

Ultraprocessed foods have become a mainstay of modern diets and could be taking a toll on our health