The toxin, epibatidine, can be found in frogs in the wild in South America or manufactured in a lab.

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Discovered 3,600 meters below the Southern Ocean, this carnivorous sponge traps live prey in a first-of-its-kind survival ...

‘Precise’ and ‘deniable’, the Kremlin’s use of poison to silence critics has become a ’geopolitical signature flourish’ ...

The modern poison has become less a medieval cliché than a geopolitical signature flourish.

The recent withdrawal of Hims & Hers’ GLP-1 pill raises questions about the safety and effectiveness of compounded medications ...

For decades, the idea that the human brain might naturally produce the psychedelic compound DMT has attracted considerable attention. It has been speculated that DMT could function as a natural ...

The dissident was killed while in Russian custody by a substance that doesn’t occur naturally in Russia, according to the joint investigation.

Schneur Zalman Newfield knows as well as anyone what it takes to leave Orthodoxy. In his new memoir, Brooklyn Odyssey, he likens his transformation from Hasidic to secular to a butterfly’s ...

A new Alzheimer's treatment side effect that results in brain swelling may have an upside, according to a new study from Houston Methodist Research Institute. The research finds that beta amyloid—a ...

Five European countries say tests confirm late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin found in poison frogs, and they blame the Kremlin.

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