In our top science stories this week, reporter Ed Cara explores the similarities and differences between today’s popular obesity drugs and fen-phen, a briefly trendy weight loss aid that was pulled from the market after doctors discovered dangerous side effects. NASA confirmed that a chunk of debris that crashed into a Florida home came from a battery pallet ejected from the ISS, and archaeologists found evidence that humans used a lava tube as a shelter over thousands of years. —Rose Pastore
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NASA Spacecraft Sees a Lava Lake With Islands on Jupiter’s Moon Io
Plus: Why Ozempic and other new weight-loss drugs aren't likely to be a repeat of the fen-phen crisis.
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