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Science & Nature Online, products marketed as blue lotus claim to offer relaxation and even psychedelic experiences — but they’re a far cry from...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found...

Learn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene...

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. How closely have you been following the week’s news about historical discoveries, health devices and hairpieces?  Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images By Annie Hill and Ash Reynolds A wig-based scheme was busted, familiar landmarks got new names, and

Science & Nature Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colors, and now a Danish...

High in the rocky mountains of Oman’s interior, the desert blooms, beckoning travellers to experience a corner of the country that's resplendent in its rural beauty. Jabal Akhdar is around two hours' drive from Muscat and enjoys a mild microclimate thanks to an inland position and high altitude. As a result, it's home to flourishing landscapes, with fruit and rose

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first,  sign up here . This week I’ve been working on a story about a brain of glass. About five years ago, archaeologists found shiny black glass fragments inside the skull

Plus: US disease monitoring capabilities are disappearing. This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Adventures in the genetic time machine An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens