WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Amanita mushrooms are commonly used in mushroom-based products. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images – By Joshua Kellogg, Assistant Professor of Natural Product Chemistry, Penn State Published: 2025 Aug 15 – Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term …
A worker moves irrigation tubes on a farm in Pinal County, Ariz. A two-decade drought has made water supplies harder to secure. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images – By Pedro DiNezio, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder …
A few of Alaska’s residents take in the view ahead of Putin’s visit to the state to meet his American counterpart. Piriya Photography/Moment via Getty Images – By William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage Published: 2025 Jan 08, …
Jamillah Knowles & Digit/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA – By Alexander Kaurov, PhD Candidate in Science and Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington And by Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University Published: 2025 Jul 24 …
Male birth control pill YCT-529 advances to the next stage of human trials. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Aug 10 – Finally, researchers are closing in on an oral male contraceptive pill that works without hormones, offers full reversibility and – most strikingly …
Combining two natural compounds revives the brain’s cleanup processes. Depositphotos original extended using GenAI – By Paul McClure 2025 Aug 06 – A green tea extract and vitamin B3 combo may hold the key to reviving the brain’s natural cleanup crew, restoring energy, clearing …
Darius I of Persia, center, and his court, from a vase painted between 340 and 320 B.C.E., on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Carlo Raso/ Flickr, CC BY-SA – By Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst Published: 2025 Aug …
Indian boarding schools intentionally separated Native children from their families and taught them to be ‘model American citizens.’ Humboldt County Collection Photos. Special Collections, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Library, CC BY-ND – By Kerri J. Malloy, Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous …
A new targeted immune-modulating drug holds promise for people with RA. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Aug 06 – A new nanoparticle drug has shown preclinical promise in both preventing rheumatoid arthritis and reducing painful flare-ups, offering hope for a targeted, steroid-sparing treatment …
These new drops offer up to 10 hours of clearer vision without glasses. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Aug 06 – The first aceclidine-based eye drop to improve near vision in adults with presbyopia, which affects more than 100 million adults in the …
