My father is only five-11 but nonetheless exudes a Dick Butkus–like immensity with a sloping, broad-shouldered back, a round Buddha face atop an invisible neck, and limbs like marble pillars. In his ...

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For decades, my dad was consumed by alcoholism and anger. I hoped psychedelic therapy could change him.

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Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are ...

Experiments aboard Orion are capturing insights about astronaut health that were never recorded during the Apollo program.

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More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

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People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

Scientists have discovered that "death cap" mushrooms are evolving in the U.S. and producing new toxins that increase the ...