The Download: GLP-1s and eating disorders, self-aware cities, and forever chemicals

Original publisher: MIT Technology Review (www.technologyreview.com)

Canonical URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/30/1147843/the-download-glp-1s-eating-disorders-forever-chemicals/

Summary excerpt

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Eating disorders are on the rise. GLP-1s could make things worse. GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are one of the biggest biotech breakthroughs of the last decade. But to some clinicians,…