The History of Medical Cannabis
Exploring cannabis as a medicine from its ancient origins to present day
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Cocktails with Cleopatra?
Israeli scientists resurrect yeast from ancient beer jugs to recreate 5,000-year-old brew
Civil War Plant Medicines Blast Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Lab Tests
Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockade
Da Vinci's Hand Impairment Caused by Nerve Damage, Not Stroke
New analysis of 16th-century drawing by Italian doctors concludes da Vinci's right hand was affected by ulnar palsy
Searching for Lost WWII-Era Uranium Cubes from Germany
Researchers are piecing together what happened to hundreds of cubes of uranium from a secretive and failed effort to build a nuclear reactor in Nazi Germany
A History of the Crusades, as Told by DNA
DNA of 13th century Crusaders shows that there's more to learn about who the Crusaders were and their interactions with other populations
Periodic Table Still Influencing Today’s Research
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table, and the principles that drove Dmitri Mendeleev to construct his table are still influential
LC-MS-Based Metabolomics
Metabolomics resides atop a Mount Rushmore of ‘omics’ disciplines
Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring Murder Rates During the Nazi Genocide
In a digital age, mathematics, data science, and visualization can help make sense of these events for new generations
A Detailed Look at the Microorganisms That Colonize and Degrade a 400-Year-Old Painting
Bacterial spores may be able to halt degradation by outcompeting other microbes