National Nut Day on Oct. 22 arrives amid a U.S. nut market boom, which is projected to expand 3.7% annually through 2035.

2 pieces: tooth and base. The tooth is long and tapered at one end. A hole is drilled in the wider end, and stuffed with fibers. The other piece is wood, gradually tapering towards the base, and a ...

Two entrepreneurs in southern Taiwan are using betel nut, best known as a chewed stimulant that stains the mouth red, to create a range of subtly colored dyes, bringing a part of their local life into ...

Miami City Ballet has entered a new era, having moved on from its founding years to a new season forged by Lourdes Lopez, only the second director of Miami’s flagship dance company. But some things do ...

Women's cycling Road World Championships: Marlen Reusser delivers in Kigali to take first elite women's time trial title Women's cycling Marlen Reusser aims for World Championship time trial medal ...

At a small farmers market in downtown Hilo, several tables display rows of betel nut that hang from a line, attached to their original branches, or contained in sealed plastic bags. On Hawaiʻi Island, ...

Ancient rituals and customs often leave behind obvious archaeological evidence. From the impeccably preserved mummies of Egypt to psychoactive substance residue that remained at the bottom of a clay ...

What if evidence of a cultural tradition stretching back 4,000 years was hiding in someone’s smile? As it turns out, dental calculus has been concealing traces of an ancient habit – betel nut chewing.

Traces of a psychoactive compound has been detected in the dental plaque of a Bronze Age woman buried in Thailand some 4,000 years ago, making it the earliest direct chemical evidence of humans ...

A groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology has revealed that ancient Southeast Asian civilizations were using psychoactive betel nuts as early as 4,000 years ago. This ...