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Research Indicates That An Obscure Psychoactive Drug Is Exceptionally Effective in Treating PTSD in Military Veterans
The benefits of psychoactive drugs have been gradually shifting over the years from "hippie nonsense" to "science-backed research." It appears that tripping balls can be a fairly successful treatment for certain mental illnesses, particularly those resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a recent study from Stanford University. These illnesses range from magic mushrooms to psychedelic toad milk.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Potent
The Answer To Dark Matter Mystery Could Be A Sun From A Black Hole
It's been stated that anything can happen in an infinite cosmos. Although our world may not be limitless, there are undoubtedly strange things happening in the universe. It turns out that a black hole located directly in the center of a star doesn't even rank very highly in terms of unbelievable.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Futurism
Stunning Images of Jupiter's Moon Io Are Provided by the Closest Flyby in 20 Years
There are no other worlds like Io, at least not in our solar system. Every 400 minutes, 400 active volcanoes erupt, turning it inside out. Beautiful photos of this Jupiterian moon captured by the Juno spacecraft during its maiden flyby are now available. Professional and amateur image processors are already bringing out subtleties that may have been overlooked in the original photos.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Futurism
Perhaps The Enigmatical History Of The Cerne Abbas Giant Will Be Solved
The Cerne Abbas Giant is a massive chalk figure of a butt-naked man with a bat and a powerful erection that stands in the hills of Dorset, England. Its origins have been a centuries-long controversy, but a recent study suggests it may finally hold the key.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in History
Unidentified Artifacts Discovered on the Seafloor May Hold A Revolutionary Finding
Unidentified Artifacts Discovered on the Seafloor May Hold A Revolutionary Finding. An even more significant discovery in the Mediterranean could be revealed by Stone Age volcanic rocks with carved surfaces.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Art
Take A Look At This Adorable, Extremely Uncommon White Alligator That Just Hatched In Florida
Take A Look At This Adorable, Extremely Uncommon White Alligator That Just Hatched In Florida An uncommon snow-white alligator with ice-blue eyes has just hatched at a Florida reptile park, just in time for the holidays.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Earth
Our ancestors, the Homo sapiens, coexisted with Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other human groups whose genetic heritage is preserved in our genomes.
Between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, in East Africa, the first modern humans emerged. The world was very different from what it is today. The fact that we, or Homo sapiens, were only one of several species of humans, or hominins, that coexisted on Earth at the same time may have been the greatest distinction.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in History
It would be difficult for light-speed spacecraft to communicate, which would be bad news for interstellar travel.
It would be difficult for light-speed spacecraft to communicate, which would be bad news for interstellar travel. We may have been spoilt by science fiction when it came to space communication. Even if we could build a spacecraft that traveled at almost the speed of light, we would struggle to keep in touch with it.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Futurism
Bowie is a remarkably uncommon lobster that is half blue and half orange, half male and half female.
Bowie may be the rarest lobster in the world if not the North Atlantic. This unique specimen is divided exactly in half, with a typical orange color on the right side and a vivid blue color on the left. Furthermore, it is a prime example of a bilateral gynandromorph, with a perfect midline split that makes it half-male and half-female.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Futurism
Humans may have something to chirp about when they feed birds.
Ashley Dayer wants to dispel the myth that bird food is only meant for birds. Dayer, an associate professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, is the primary author of a piece that was published in People and Nature. In it, she makes the case that public guidelines and policy should take into account the activity's benefits to humans in addition to acknowledging them.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Humans
Einstein's gravity is combined with quantum mechanics in a new theory.
Today, two papers simultaneously published by physicists at University College London (UCL) announced a radical theory that consistently unifies quantum mechanics and gravity while maintaining Einstein's classical concept of spacetime.
By Francis Dami2 years ago in Chapters
