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A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection

Health

Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

A daily dose of an antiseptic drug reduced recurring urinary tract infections as effectively as antibiotics

News

Anadenanthera colubrina is the one tree species common to nearly all regions of South American seasonally dry tropical forests and woodlands (SDTFs). Its abundant fruits each of which is laterally flat and which bear many lenticular seeds, trunk and main stems with a tuberculate cortex, and extra floral nectaries positioned near the base of the leaf rachis distinguish this species.

Humans

Ancient Andean leaders may have mixed hallucinogen with their beer

News

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Health

What the no-alcohol boom means for our drinking habits and health

Features

Molecular model of the drug Cocaine

Technology

AI can quickly identify structure of drugs designed for ‘legal highs’

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Marijuana joint in a hand

Health

Quick saliva test can reveal cannabis use over the past 12 hours

News

The controversial new clinical trials that promise faster results

Health

The controversial new clinical trials that promise faster results

Features

Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

Life

Cannabis was domesticated in north-west China around 12,000 years ago

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Caffeine

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Caffeine

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Life

Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

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Cannabis plant

Environment

Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines

Cannabis growing, now legal in many US states, emits significant amounts of greenhouse gases due to the climate-control systems used by indoor farms

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Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

News

Definition

The placebo effect

Mind

Synchronic review: A genuinely hair-raising time travel thriller

Culture

Health

Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

News

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