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The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum in New Jersey offers a unique, accessible window into the catastrophic asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago. Paleontologist Ken Lacovara explains how this site, once a fertilizer quarry, preserves a rare "death assemblage" that reveals the immediate, v...

How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet

21 Aug 2026

50m

The price of creativity

14 Aug 2026

50m

Trusting medicine in an age of doubt

07 Aug 2026

50m

Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott

31 Jul 2026

50m

Rethinking addiction in the age of Ozempic

24 Jul 2026

50m

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GLP-1 medications, originally developed for diabetes and weight loss, are emerging as potential tools for treating substance use disorders by acting as "moderation molecules." These drugs may modulate the brain's mesolimbic reward pathway, dampening dopamine spikes associated with cravings for alcohol, nicotine, and ot...