Many mushroom species produce the psychoactive compound psilocybinYARphotographer/Shutterstock Magic mushrooms have been giving humans mind-altering experiences for thousands of years,…
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A corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) larva feeding on a cotton plantDebra Ferguson/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Two…
A young loggerhead turtle in the Caribbean Sea near the BahamasWaterFrame/Alamy Sea turtles may be better able to cope with…
An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it…
A night at the theatre could do you a world of goodMIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images Getting involved in the…
You may be chronologically older than your “true age”REUTERS/Toru Hanai When I first started writing about ageing years ago, there…
A long-exposure photograph in the northern hemisphere showing satellites in the night skyAlan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A…
Why does it feel so lonely online these days?Breana Panaguiton/Unsplash Right now, I’m glued to my phone. Like most people…
Our environmental and social problems are pressing and, in many countries, money is short and politics deadlocked. Wouldn’t it be…
Procoptodon goliah was 2 metres tall, but it might have hoppedMICHAEL LONG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Even the giant kangaroos that roamed…