“It will never stop being amazing to me that the long journey toward inventing the GLP1 drug category got an assist from looking into the Gila monster’s mouth and stealing its saliva. Never listen to people who criticize weird science projects. Weird science is great science.”

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dkthomp

@dkthomp · Twitter · 2025-06-29 15:15 UTC

My weekend newsletter feature is called The Sunday Morning Post—news and discoveries across science, tech, and beyond. It’s my answer to the question “what would a newspaper look like if every story mattered as much in 10 years as it did in 10 hours?” Today: 1. Why are GLP1s