Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how these molecules evolved has long been a mystery. Now, new research has ...

Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds—THC, CBD, and CBC—by recreating ancient enzymes that existed millions of years ago. These early enzymes ...

Cannabis has been part of human culture for thousands of years, yet the molecular machinery that gives the plant its mind-altering and medicinal power has remained surprisingly obscure. Now a team of ...