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The psychedelic DMT has been linked to improved mental health outcomes before, but now, scientists have shown it reduces ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...