The drugs of the future are in the animals of the past
The genomes of extinct creatures like mammoths and giant sloths code for natural antibiotics we’ve never seen. So, now what?
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The surprising link between drug trafficking and bird conservation
Forget Cocaine Bear, it’s cocaine-impacted birds we need to worry about.
This nature-inspired robot moves at a snail’s pace
The contraption uses water to act as lubricant and glue, just like snail mucus.
An emotional public hearing on MDMA: ‘Today you will vote on whether my friends live or die’
The FDA may approve psychedelic-assisted therapy for PTSD, but at a recent public hearing it was the therapy — not the drug — that burned in the hot seat.
The biggest threat to biodiversity you’ve never heard of
As a fungus pushes dozens of amphibians into extinction, researchers search for whatever hope they can grab.
Forget everything you know about blinking
Blinking doesn’t interrupt the flow of information to the brain, it enhances it
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