A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era.
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These Mobile Games are For the Birds
How do you design an app for a parrot? Consider games that are “made to be licked,” a new study suggests.
Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
He broke barriers as the first Black physicist in nearly every role. But his identity made him reach for dreams beyond his career as a scientist.
Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm
Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests.
This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In
An 11th-century astrolabe, a complex instrument for precisely mapping the heavens, recently turned up in an Italian museum.
This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In
An 11th-century astrolabe, a complex instrument for precisely mapping the heavens, recently turned up in an Italian museum.
Surprise: An ‘Extraterrestrial’ Gadget Was Something More Familiar
In 2014 a fireball from outer space was posited to be an alien artifact. A recent study suggests otherwise.
Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream
The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.”
He Had 217 Covid Shots Without Side Effects, Study Finds
Media accounts of a German man’s extreme vaccination history spurred researchers to analyze his immune responses.