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    Today, you’ll learn about a new drug that could help you safely lose up to a fifth of your body weight, a new, non-hormonal birth control pill that is made for men, and how drones may hold the key to reforestation.

    Weight loss five times faster.

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 12 min21 July 2022ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

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    Today, you’ll learn about a new drug that could help you safely lose up to a fifth of your body weight, a new, non-hormonal birth control pill that is made for men, and how drones may hold the key to reforestation.

    Weight loss five times faster.

    “Diabetes drug helps patients lose never-before-seen amounts of weight, study shows” by Karen Weintraubhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/06/04/diabetes-drug-could-game-changer-obesity-new-study-shows/7490446001/“Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity” by Ania M. Jastreboff, M.D., Ph.D., Louis J. Aronne, M.D., Nadia N. Ahmad, M.D., M.P.H., Sean Wharton, M.D., Pharm.D., Lisa Connery, M.D., Breno Alves, M.D., Arihiro Kiyosue, M.D., Ph.D., Shuyu Zhang, M.S., Bing Liu, Ph.D., Mathijs C. Bunck, M.D., Ph.D., and Adam Stefanski, M.D., Ph.D.https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206038?query=featured_homeMen entering the world of birth control.

    “This birth control pill for men could begin human trials later this year” by Hannah Seohttps://www.popsci.com/health/new-male-birth-control-pill/“A non-hormonal pill could soon expand men’s birth control options” by The American Chemical Societyhttps://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2022/march/non-hormonal-pill-could-soon-expand-mens-birth-control-options.html“Male Birth Control Pill Expected to Start Human Trials This Year” by corryn Wetzelhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/male-birth-control-pill-expected-to-start-human-trials-this-year-180979814/“Contraceptive Use” by the CDChttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/contraceptive.htmSeed bombing may not be what you think.

    “Drones Are Setting Down Roots In Wildfire-Scarred Landscapes” by Ashley Franzenhttps://www.theverge.com/23022323/drones-wildfire-first-nation-british-columbia“Aerial Planting: Bc First Nations Company Trialing Reforestation With Drones” by Maria Churchhttps://www.woodbusiness.ca/aerial-planting-reforestation-drones/Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.

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