A global effort of sewage sleuths could change the way health officials battle coronavirus

Campaigners who say the striking desert plant is endangered hope the state will act but officials complain of ‘red tape’

Cattle-feed crops, which end up as beef and dairy products, account for 23% of water consumption in the US

One set himself on fire, the other had a fight with the cops. But experts say ketamine is an unlikely culprit.

Researchers in New York found that many clubbers who weren't aware of taking ketamine had in fact used it. More drug checking services are needed.

If you want to wake up in your dreams, there are chemical options — though little science to back many of them up.

The 'Father of the Internet' is on board — and so are a number of companies, from industry heavyweights to startups.

Startups are growing THC, CBD, and "unnatural cannabinoids" from yeast. But some scientists say yeast-grown compounds will never compete with the real plant.

Taking our productive capabilities, and the search for the resources that powers them, to space might one day be an inevitability.

Tens of thousands of small communications satellites are heading for low-Earth orbit. Experts aren’t sure how that will impact our views of the heavens.

Several researchers are exploring innovative ways to combat alcohol abuse and the health impacts associated with it. Regulators are paying attention.

Legal cocaine may sound absurd to some, but a number of countries have already moved in this direction—and the evidence is clear that it would reduce harms.

Known to most as a party drug, ketamine has actually been used clinically for years — and may have a future as a depression treatment.

A recent surge of products with CBD in them is hitting shelves. Should you try them?

Insects likely won't ever disappear. But they are in trouble in a changing world.

Listen up for the good, the bad and the ugly story of opiates - with some insight you've likely never heard before.

Most marijuana strains have been bred and crossbred and hybridized so much that they’ve been “broken."

It expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, it’s 100,000 times softer than Jell-O, and it fends off sharks and Priuses alike.

Starbucks made headlines by installing syringe disposal units in some of its bathrooms. It's a no-brainer that other companies should be doing the same.

Cheap, sun-reflecting satellites could kickstart space advertising — the satellite equivalent of planes towing banners. Astronomers say it's light pollution.