(SOUNDBITE) (Kannada) INVENTOR OF TREE CLIMBING SCOOTER, GANAPATHI BHAT, SAYING: "In our area, there is a scarcity of laborers. The labor cost is also very high. I invented this areca (betel) nut tree ...

Standing in Balarhat market with a sack of freshly harvested betel nuts, 60-year-old Mobarak Hossain from Kurigram's Phulbari upazila carried a familiar story from across northern Bangladesh. His six ...

Farming is all too often underappreciated. While we take the massive tractors and harvesters of the modern age for granted, there are still some fields where mechanization and its efficiencies are a ...

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 ...

This is the first in a two-part series on the past and present of the areca, better known as the betel nut. When you think of the frequently addictive substances so many of us use to make it through ...

Piper betel leaf, the areca nut, limestone paste, tobacco and bark filaments are often combined to get a high. Piyawit Moonkham Key takeaways: Ancient betel nut use Scientists analyzed preserved ...

Mobarak Hossain, 60, a farmer from Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, was seen standing in Balarhat market with a sack of freshly harvested betel nuts. He said he had harvested six “pon” of betel nuts -- ...