Scientists believe they have found the earliest biochemical evidence of people chewing the popular psychoactive plant
Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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Were Humans in Thailand Getting High Off Betel Nuts 4,000 Years Ago?
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Ancient tombs and 1,000-year-old remains uncovered during gas works
Utility workers expanding gas networks in Peru’s capital, Lima, have unearthed two…
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The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could children hold the answers?
Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with…
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Why Don’t We See More Dead Animal Remains While Strolling in the Woods?
Have you ever noticed that when you’re hiking or just taking a walk in the woods, you rarely see a dead animal? There are plenty of animals out there, and like everyone else, they die. So why don’t we ever stumble upon their bodies? Is there…
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What do TSA bag scanners actually see?
Despite the best of intentions, travelers aren’t always in the clearest…
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AC or DC: Which Is Better?
Your gadgets run on direct current, but the electricity in your home is alternating current. What’s up with that?
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What medieval skeletons tell us about long-term health and life expectancy
Beneath churchyards in London and Lincolnshire lie the chemical echoes of famine, infection…
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‘World’s Oldest Baby’ Born From 30-Year-Old Frozen Embryo : ScienceAlert
An adopted embryo that was frozen for 30 and a half years has given rise to what some claim is the ‘oldest baby’ in the world.
According to an exclusive scoop from MIT Technology Review’s Jessica Hamzelou, the newborn baby boy was conceived in…
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Celebrate Man’s Best Friend With These 15 Photographs of Good Dogs
Delight in dogs with snapshots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
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Why South Africa is injecting Rhino horns with radioactive isotopes
South Africa has launched an innovative anti-poaching campaign, injecting rhino horns with…
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