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Eli Lilly’s new oral GLP-1 drug, orforglipron, is shaping up to be a major development in obesity treatment, showing nearly 12% average weight loss in late-stage trials. Unlike Ozempic-style ...

Hyundai has always been an interesting company. The South Korean car giant was originally founded in the 1940s as an engineering and construction company. It was awarded many government contracts in ...

Maize (Zea mays L.) domesticated in southern Mexico/Mesoamerica over 9,000 years ago (Awika, 2011; Erenstein et al., 2022; Kennett et al., 2020), is one of the most important annual cereal crops ...

General Motors' modern Ecotec engine family first saw the light of day in 2000, when a 2.2-liter inline-four making 147 hp debuted for global use in the Opel Astra — the German brand was a GM ...

Ford’s popular PX Ranger (sold from 2011 to its replacement in 2022) marked a distinct move away from timing belt technology to drive the engine's inlet and exhaust cam. So, regardless of what engine ...

Does the Mazda6 have a timing belt or a timing chain and does it really matter? The current Mazda6 has a timing chain and yes, it certainly matters. Got two minutes? Let me explain. First up, the ...

I read with interest your response to a recent question regarding a noisy timing chain in an Audi A1. My 2011 Seat Ibiza 1.2 TSI has suffered from a similar problem and a while ago, the timing chain ...

Australians knew immediately that Holden’s second, Opel-sourced TS Astra was no ordinary small car and it’s now working its magic on a new generation of budget buyers. That’s why the ultimate version, ...

Is it usual for a belt tensioner to go off centre and shred the belt? This was the case with our Peugeot 3008 at 28,000 miles.