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Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hellooooo, friends. Psychedelics and testosterone are front and center today, but also we note that GLP-1’s dominance in obesity may not be as inevitable as it looks. Early animal data from GLP-1 pioneers suggest that pathways like GIP-glucagon offer effectiveness and better overall tolerability.  The need-to-know this morning Kailera Therapeutics raised $625 million in an initial public offering — the largest-ever Wall Street debut for a drug company. Kailera is developing obesity drugs licensed from China.  Do we even need…

Whew! Lil Fizz has the internet doing a double-take this week after a meet-and-greet moment started making its rounds online. And let’s just say, fans are definitely talking. The clip, which surfaced on TikTok, shows an interaction that quickly shifted the conversation from a simple fan encounter to something unexpected. RELATED: B2K & Bow Wow Reunite, Talk Celebrity Crushes And Beef! | SITSR (Exclusive) Lil Fizz Moment At Meet & Greet Has Folks Talking In the video shared by a user seemingly named Tamika Sharde, captioned “Nostalgic fun,” she appears to link up with members of B2K during what’s believed…

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own mother, Kamaria, a first-time parent unable to form a maternal bond.Weighing a mere 673 grams (1.4 pounds), Yuji represents the most recent case of assisted rearing at the Guadalajara Zoo in western Mexico.The story of Yuji has captured the attention of the Mexican public, drawing parallels to Punch, the Japanese macaque that went viral on social media after growing up…

Apr 14, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros manager Joe Espada looks on from the dugout before the game against the Colorado Rockies at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images While a handful of sterling defensive plays bolstered the pitching line on Thursday, the Houston Astros unquestionably displayed improved performances on the mound in the final two games of their three-game interleague series against the visiting Colorado Rockies. The Astros’ 3-2 loss snapped their seven-game home winning streak. However, after entering the series with the most runs allowed in the majors, Houston stacked a strong pitching effort on top…

Over the course of 8½ hours, a Northern California nurse hopped between bars during a Friday evening while sailing on a Carnival Cruise vacation.As the vessel toured Baja California, Diana Sanders of Vacaville sampled tequila shots — 14 or 15 in total — from six ship taverns, tequileras and pubs, according to court documents.Shortly after her final drink, a “swaying, stammering” Sanders stumbled down a set of stairs, according to court documents. She said she suffered severe injuries and filed a lawsuit against Florida-based Carnival Corp., contending the ship’s crew was negligent and overserved drinks.A Miami-Dade County jury agreed with…

Activism / April 17, 2026 While it’s nice that politicians are finally talking about the “affordability crisis,” working folks are wondering: Where have you been? Ad Policy A doorman hoses down a sidewalk outside a building in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City, on April 14, 2026.( Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images) In my early 20s, I worked in a courthouse. Courthouses aren’t as exciting as you might think; real trials rarely happen and mostly papers are filed, data is entered, callers are put on hold. Courtrooms are a depressing parade of people who have…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Trade wonks are living it up at their very own policy Coachella this week, as the IMF and World Bank hold their spring meetings in Washington DC. And once again they’re excited about global trade imbalances.Not so long ago, trade-watchers were optimistic that these were fading. The IMF itself put out a report entitled Imbalances Receding in mid-2024. So how does that report look now? Well, not great, according to CFR senior fellow Brad Setser. He went on the FT’s Economics Show…

China is rapidly building up space-warfare capabilities and by 2040 will be conducting low-level warfare powered by advanced technology aimed at weakening the United States, according to a new Space Force report. The report, made public earlier this week, is called “Future Operating Environment 2040” and describes a dark vision of conflict with Beijing below the level of declared war in the next 14 years. “By 2040, the operating environment is marked by ongoing, hard-to-detect competition below the level of declared war,” the report stated. “The line between peace and conflict has become unclear amid continuous electromagnetic activity, cyberoperations, and…

A stele with the inscription «European Central Bank – Eurosystem» stands in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the east of Frankfurt. Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesWith less than 2 weeks remaining until the next European Central Bank meeting, the bloc’s policymakers appear undecided on the future of interest rates.Financial markets are currently pricing in a hold at the April 29-30 meeting, followed by a hike in June, according to LSEG data. The majority of traders expect the ECB’s key interest rate to reach at least 2.5% by the end of the year – a…

Donald Trump’s administration has no plans to stop browbeating its critics with incorrect and sacrilegious invocation of biblical teachings. On Thursday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a lengthy diatribe barely disguised as a sermon in which he quoted fake scripture from the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction, and later berated the press on biblical grounds during a press briefing, comparing the president to Jesus.  Hegseth, who for weeks now has been invoking Christian scripture to justify the administration’s disastrous war against Iran, hosted his regular worship service and sermon at the Pentagon on Wednesday. During his speech, he quoted…