Betel nut prices fluctuate frequently. In this stall in Port Moresby they sell for one kina per nut (20 pence) - Torbjörn Wester/The Telegraph David Taim, a civil servant in Port Moresby, the capital ...

In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the consumer's alertness, energy, euphoria, and relaxation. Although the practice is ...

This is the second in a two-part series on the past and present of the areca, better known as the betel nut. Part one can be found here. In my last article, I analyzed how the betel nut missed its ...

Prehistoric partygoers were taking drugs to get high 4,000 years ago, research suggests. Ancient teeth marks dating back to the Bronze Age are the earliest traces of people chewing psychoactive betel ...

New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the archaeological record In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has ...