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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have modified tobacco plants to yield five psychedelic compounds at once: bufotenin and 5-MeO-DMT (from Colorado River toad secretions), DMT (a tryptamine found across plant species), and ...

Standard nitrile and latex lab gloves shed hydrocarbons called stearates -- particles added by manufacturers to keep gloves from sticking to molds -- that look nearly identical to polyethylene microplastics under electron microscopes and fool ...

This art piece by Adrien Miller combines sculpture and light. Upon first glance you may think you're looking at a digital effect, but this is all made by hand -- this open-mouthed wall sculpture is really breathing out rainbows. The electrifying ...

Erythritol is widely used to sweeten sugar-free foods including snacks, drinks and energy bars. A zero-calorie sugar alcohol almost as sweet as sucrose, it doesn't spike blood sugar levels and is popular with low-carb dieters. But a recent study ...

Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments, the famous 1960s studies where volunteers were told to deliver electric shocks to a stranger, have been taught in introductory psychology courses for decades as a demonstration of how readily people follow ...

Long-assumed to be a copy by one of Rembrandt van Rijn's students, the Old Man with a Gold Chain in a UK collection is now thought by a leading art expert to be the work of the master himself. a study by the Hamilton Kerr Institute, at the University ...

A UK company just won a £1 million prize for assistive glasses for people with dementia. The Longitude Prize was established as a "challenge prize" to encourage innovation to solve the world's biggest problems. The name is a nod to the prize set up ...

Researchers from the University of Austin have identified a new species of dinosaur. The turkey-sized juvenile lived near what is now Aphae Island in South Korea about 113 million to 94 million years ago. It had a rounded skull and may have been ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed map yet of the nerves of the clitoris, using high-powered X-ray imaging to reveal structures too small to see with conventional clinical scanning. The findings were reported first by Chris Simms in The ...

The golden oyster mushroom, native to Asia, has become an invasive threat in North America. Brought to the US around the early 2000s for cultivation because of its high yield, it didn't stay contained for long. Community scientists started spotting ...