8+ hour, 25+ min ago  (771+ words) A psychoactive plant that is often sold as a natural product can act like an opioid at high doses. A new analysis shows that kratom drove U. S. poison center reports from rare cases to more than 1, 200 in 2023. That surge turns a…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (940+ words) Imagine strolling along the same path where our ancestors once walked, then accidentally discovering human footprints that had been left behind roughly 120, 000 years ago. This is precisely what happened to a group of archaeologists when they found the oldest-known human…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago  (765+ words) Eight million Americans used the magic-mushroom compound psilocybin in 2024, according to new research. The findings shift mushroom use from a fringe topic into a routine medical concern, especially for patients with depression. Thousands of responses from the National Survey on…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (814+ words) The sea keeps secrets well, but sometimes the smallest traces speak the loudest. Archaeologists often focus on cargo, wood, or tools when they study ancient shipwrecks. Yet a recent study shows that something far less glamorous can tell a deeper…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago  (461+ words) The Stinking Toe Tree (Hymenaea courbaril) provides fiber, antioxidants, and natural gums with benefits as a medicine and food source....

7+ hour, 19+ min ago  (446+ words) The undersea plate boundary beneath the Strait of Gibraltar, known as the Gibraltar arc, is slowly moving into the Atlantic Ocean....

7+ hour, 1+ min ago  (602+ words) A new study shows that children's brains separate language and social understanding as early as age three....

8+ hour, 25+ min ago  (810+ words) Scientists have found that hydrothermal alteration can cut the strength of volcanic rock nearly in half on active slopes." The result turns surface color into a practical signal of where future collapses are more likely to begin. Along the rim…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago  (807+ words) Invasive cane toads in Japan have become bigger and heavier than their Australian relatives in under a century, according to new research. The finding turns a small island invasion into evidence that animal bodies can change far faster than old…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago  (758+ words) The history of life on Earth often feels like a story about giants. Huge dinosaurs, powerful predators, and massive plant-eaters fill our imagination. But that is only part of the picture. Beneath those giants, smaller animals lived their own lives,…...