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The Mice Kept Eating Less and Put the Weight Back On Anyway. That Is the Interesting Part.

A Yale study found semaglutide switches the brain's hunger neurons on rather than off, and that those neurons are required for fat loss to last. Remove them and the mice ate just as little and regained the weight within fifteen days.

Aug 25, 2026/4 min read

The Diary

  1. 30 Aug – 11 DecOn now

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  2. 1 Sep – 12 OctOn now

    Europe and Saudi Arabia

    Europe Shuts Its Transfer Window on 1 September. Saudi Arabia Keeps Buying Until October

    The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A close on 1 September. The Saudi Pro League stays open until 12 October. Those six weeks are the most important structural fact in this transfer market.

  3. 4 Sep – 23 MayOn now

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

  4. 2–5 NovIn 3 weeks

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

  5. 23–26 NovIn 6 weeks

    Dubai World Trade Centre

    Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

    Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

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Answers

Who is Navi Pillay?

Pillay was born in apartheid-era Durban to an Indian Tamil family.

Does the pledge mean a deal is close?

Nothing from Tehran suggests so. President Pezeshkian of Iran said this week that negotiations with Washington were "meaningless", and Foreign Minister Abbas…

Why does Russell start Singapore from the back?

Mercedes is fitting new power-unit components after the engine failure that ended Russell's race late in Malaysia, where he had been running third.

Why does 800 MHz matter for a satellite service?

Low-band signals travel long distances and penetrate walls and tree cover, Reuters notes.

What happened in Pryluky?

The Kyiv Independent reported at least 20 dead, including five children, and at least 55 wounded after the cruise missile struck.

What did Vaccarello change at Saint Laurent?

He kept the brand's Parisian identity, staged shows against a lit-up Eiffel Tower and pushed the house into film, including the Cannes-winning Emilia Pérez,…

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