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The Wild West is often romanticized as a land of outlaws, lawmen, and untamed wilderness, but one lesser-known player in this rugged saga is cannabis. Once a vital crop and a medicinal staple, ...

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Ancient Indigenous peoples transported a wild potato across the Southwest, expanding its range thousands of years ago.

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Starchy residue preserved in ancient stone tools may rewrite the story of crop domestication in the American Southwest, according to new research led ...

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Deep within an Indonesian rainforest, a team of research scientists recorded something that had never been captured before: a Sumatran orangutan they’d affectionately named Rakus carefully treating a ...

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