A tobacco plant has been modified to produce five psychedelic drugs Aharoni lab, Weizmann Institute if Science Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five powerful psychedelic compounds normally found in other plants, fungi and animals in a single crop. They argue that using plants to manufacture the drugs would be simpler and more sustainable…
Paleontologists at Harvard University have described a large predatory arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive three-segmented chelicerae. Named Megachelicerax cousteaui, this soft-bodied animal represents the earliest known member of the chelicerates, pushing back the origins of spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders by 20 million years. The surprisingly complex anatomy of…
Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who spent the past several weeks pressing the Trump administration for escalated military action against Iran, shifted his position in a social media post Monday. Graham, long viewed as a holdover from the warmongering faction of Republicans, is now calling for President Donald Trump to begin winding down Operation…
“Bob’s Burgers” voice actor Eugene Mirman was hospitalized with “serious injuries” on Tuesday after he was rescued from a fiery car crash in New Hampshire. Mirman, who voices Gene Belcher on the Fox animated sitcom, was driving on the F.E. Everett Turnpike when he crashed his 2026 Lucid Gravity into the Bedford Toll Plaza shortly…
Umpire C.B. Bucknor’s difficult week continued on Wednesday when he left a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers after a foul ball hit him flush in the face mask. Tampa Bay’s Nick Fortes fouled a 100-mph fastball from Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski straight back. The ball struck Bucknor, who immediately turned and dropped…
This article contains references to rape and sexual assault. When Gisèle Pelicot first chose to come forward about the crimes of her ex-husband, Dominique, the world was horrified. People all over the globe were in disbelief that a man could perpetuate a campaign of drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge, and even more…
April 1, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Artemis II’s journey to the moon, day by day The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will carry out a packed schedule during their trip around the moon’s far side By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Amanda Montañez; Source: NASA (reference) NASA is…
As of this moment, Artemis II is still a go for launch early this evening. The last time astronauts went around the far side of the moon was more than 50 years ago, and if things go as scheduled the crew will eventually be the farthest any human beings have ever traveled into space: …
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Paula LavigneApr 1, 2026, 04:27 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Multiple Authors A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Indiana…
