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Scientists Strip LSD Apart And Discover What Keeps Its Psychedelic Effects Alive
Scientists have been pulling apart one of the most famous psychedelic molecules in chemistry, and the strangest discovery came when there was barely any LSD left. A team led by UC Davis researcher David E. Olson removed structural pieces from LSD one by one, then tested what the resulting molecules could still do. Some simplified…
Man Forgot His Entire Past For Nearly Seven Years Then Remembered Everything
For nearly seven years, a Japanese man lived without the memories that made him who he was. He had forgotten his own name, his family and the life he had built before his memory disappeared. Then he switched to an easier job. Within two weeks, he suddenly remembered everything, including the traumatic event that had…
Scientists Found Something Surprisingly Powerful About Human Touch
A simple touch can do something inside the brain that scientists have struggled to replicate with all kinds of modern interventions. Researchers studying the effects of physical contact have found evidence that being touched by another person can reduce the brain’s response to stress, while a huge review of human studies found measurable benefits for…
Scientists Found a Possible Weak Spot in Parkinson’s Disease, And a Cancer Drug May Already Target It
Parkinson’s disease has always presented researchers with a brutal problem: by the time symptoms become obvious, damage has already been spreading through the brain for years. Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a pair of proteins that appear to help harmful alpha-synuclein move from neuron to neuron, and blocking them…
Scientists Found Something Surprisingly Different Happening In Your Brain When You Write By Hand
For years, typing has quietly replaced handwriting in classrooms, offices, and everyday life. It is faster, easier to edit, and far more convenient when there is a lot of information to record. But researchers comparing the two activities found something happening inside the brain that could make people think twice before abandoning pen and paper…
Psychologist Suggests The Human Brain May Work Like An Antenna
For decades, one basic assumption has shaped how scientists think about the human mind: consciousness comes from the brain. Now, psychologist Robert Epstein is challenging that idea with a theory suggesting the brain may function more like a receiver than a generator of consciousness. The most startling part is his proposed timeline. Epstein has suggested…
Researchers Found a Surprising Link Between Having Sons and Cognitive Aging
What if one of the strangest clues about how the mind ages was sitting inside the family tree all along? Researchers studying more than 13,000 parents over several decades found a small but measurable difference in cognitive decline between people who had sons and those who did not. The finding does not mean having a…
Around One In Five People May Have This Unusual Sensory Trait
For some people, a crowded room can feel exhausting before anyone has even said a word. A change in someone’s expression, background noise, or the emotional tone of a conversation can seem unusually difficult to ignore. Researchers studying sensory processing sensitivity believe this may reflect a genuine difference in how some brains handle incoming information.…
A Teen’s Cannabis Habit Nearly Cost Him His Brain After Weeks of Vomiting
A 15-year-old boy in Georgia lost between 25 and 30 pounds in just a few weeks, and the reason was not a diet or a growth spurt. He was vomiting so often that his body began running dangerously low on nutrients, eventually leaving him with neurological symptoms that sent his doctors searching for a much…
Belgian Boy Becomes First Known Child Cured Of Aggressive Brain Tumor
When Lucas was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive forms of childhood brain cancer at just 6 years old, his parents were told what no family ever wants to hear. Doctors expected the disease to take his life, and there was no established drug treatment capable of curing it. Seven years later, Lucas’s tumor…