Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Betel nut prices fluctuate frequently. In this stall in Port Moresby they sell for one kina per nut (20 pence) - Torbjörn ...

If you chew betel nuts (also called areca nuts) with slaked lime and betel leaves, you get a mixture that boosts energy, euphoria, and relaxation. We don’t know who figured this out, but apparently, ...

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 ...

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 ...