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Opinion'Rescheduling' cannabis would ease restrictions on science, opening the door to the largest investment in cannabis research we've seen to dateRescheduling cannabis could mark a major shift in research, but it alone will not eliminate the scientific, regulatory and patient-access challenges that have shaped medical cannabis for decades.
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Medicine & DrugsCan Ozempic prevent or treat cancer? It's way too soon to say, an expert cautionsExcitement around the idea that GLP-1 drugs can prevent cancer is running well ahead of the evidence, an expert explains.
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RomansNot a housekeeper, but a 'vilica': The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historiansWomen on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil — and profits. Historians dismissed them as ‘housekeepers’
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Dinosaurs'Another dinosaur has entered the luxury collectibles market': Gus the T. rex just sold for $50 million. Here's what its loss means to science.Gus, a Tyrannosaurus rex unearthed in South Dakota, just sold for $50 million at auction. But it's unknown if the specimen will ever be made available to science.
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OpinionTobacco companies are pushing nicotine pouches on teens — and we need to act now to stop themTobacco companies have fallen back on tried-and-tested marketing practices to encourage nicotine pouch use among teenagers.
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OpinionAI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality.Generative AI is destroying the baseline assumption that photographs bear some causal connection to reality. That's bad news for democracy.
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Book excerpt'I have no doubt that life is out there': Why radio astronomers are convinced alien contact is only a matter of timeIn the book "The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos," astrophysicist Emma Chapman describes the hidden corners of space that only radio waves can reveal — and makes the case for contacting aliens.
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PollPoll: What do you think of PMOS, the new name for PCOS?Last week, a common hormonal condition that impacts millions of people got a new name. Tell us what you think about the change.
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Opinion'We kept finding large, circular mass graves' in the Sahara predating the ancient Egyptians, archaeologists reportArchaeologists have found 260 burials in the Sahara that predate ancient Egypt.
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OpinionAI chatbots are turbocharging violence against women and girls: We urgently need to regulate themAI chatbots normalize sexual violence, initiate unwanted sexual conversations and offer personalized stalking advice because of how they're designed. Their makers need to be held accountable.
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OpinionMore polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it's not just the skinny onesIt's not just thinner bears that are coming ashore as the climate warms.
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Opinion'Sacrifice zones' around critical mineral mines are rife with pollution, child workers and birth defectsThe race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating 'sacrifice zones' that harm water and health of world's poor.
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OpinionDrilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction — and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.
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Artificial IntelligenceHow everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressivelyPersonal data ranging from your health information to your location is being hoovered up by the government.
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