Psychedelic effects on the brain
Psychedelic drugs are all the rage among scientists. But not for the reasons you might think. From the early, rudimentary research on psychedelics in the 1950s and 1960s to today’s…
12 Amazing Facts About Galileo Galilei You Might Not Know
12 Amazing Facts About Galileo Galilei As a founding father in the fields of physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is known for countless contributions to science. The Italian thinker emphasized…
The 2,200-pound Lady Birds of Madagascar
A massive but surprisingly graceful “elephant bird” once roamed Madagascar, according to a new study giving the title of largest bird to a new species. The winner? Aepyornis maximuswhich lived…
Here’s what makes certain opioids more deadly than others
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionmore than 932,000 people have died of drug overdoses in the US since 1999. In 2020 alone, nearly 100,000 people died from…
What happens when anxiety turns to anger
It was a familiar scene in my office where I practice as a clinical psychiatrist. The well-dressed woman sat across from me with a worried frown between her brows. “Doctor,…
Brains and brains: What we know about Neanderthal brain size
Tradition says this Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens were intellectually different. But archaeologists and anthropologists increasingly insist that the intellectual divide between the two species is diminishing. In fact, the…
Animals that are high or drunk
you are I’ve heard of Cocaine Bear before, the Georgia black bear who overdosed on cocaine fell from an overloaded smuggler’s Cessna plane. But have you heard of Beer Bear?…
The Gravettian culture that survived the Ice Age
The Gravetians dominated Ice Age Europe, where they hunted mammoths with particular aplomb. But in a warming world, their particular movement has fallen by the wayside. With so much of…
Examples of gaslight in relation
The word “gaslighting” seems to be everywhere these days. The term has gained popularity in the last decade, giving it new life political commentators and columnists and supported by social…