A mysterious progressive neurological illness appears to be spreading in two areas along the east coast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, according to an anonymous source working with the public health authority in the region. Although the condition, called a “Neurological Syndrome of Unknown Cause” by the provincial government, isread more

Although quantum physicists have been making breakthroughs in the field of quantum teleportation, we’re still limited to the instantaneous transmission of information, and are a long ways away from being able to reconstruct matter or energy at a distance. But as humans, we may already be ready for such a mode of transportation, as the results of a new study suggests that our minds are capable of orienting themselves, despite the effect of being relocated in such an instantaneous fashion.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted a group of researchers approval to proceed with the use of the controversial drug psilocybin, a psychedelic compound naturally produced in about 200 species of mushrooms, to treat patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression. This comes as welcome news for researchers that study psychedelic drugs, as current drug laws inhibit the study into the potential medical effects that the forbidden fungus may have to offer.
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