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A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis). These spores will grow into the fungus that is Psilocybe cubensis , or the magic mushroom. When ingested, this fungus causes euphoria, hallucinations and altered perception of time. Each spore of this strain is approximately 8 by 11 um. Magnification is x660 when printed 10 cm wide.

Health

AI analyses drug users鈥� trip reports to better understand psychedelics

A pattern recognition algorithm scoured 6850 accounts of people鈥檚 experiences with 27 drugs to learn more about how they alter consciousness

Piggy Bank,3d Render

Space

We mustn鈥檛 let the billionaire rocket men decide what happens in space

Health

Learning to live with covid-19 means covering up coughs and sneezes

MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 09: Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 09, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. Yulia said her friend was not in the building when it was struck. Over one million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, and while many are now living with relatives who live and work in Poland, others are journeying onward to other countries in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Humans

The internet is a key battleground for truth about the Ukraine war

dandelion seed-inspired sensor

Environment

Sensors inspired by dandelion seeds can record signs of climate change

FMRI scan during working memory tasks

Mind

Brain scanning studies are usually too small to find reliable results

A Culex mosquito, the genre of insect that can spread Japanese encephalitis

Health

Australia鈥檚 Japanese encephalitis outbreak blamed on climate change

Dryopithecus

Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

DNA sequence

Humans

A new reference human genome could reflect our species鈥� true diversity

people feeding deer

Life

Inconsistent human behaviour around animals putting wildlife at risk

A computer model suggests that wildlife may face survival problems if some of the humans in the environment help wild animals while others hunt them

Humans

Non-pilots think they can land a plane after watching a YouTube video

Physics

Nuclear safety regulators urge Russia to grant access to Chernobyl

Environment

Fall armyworms with offspring-killing gene tested on farms in Brazil

Environment

Pollen season in the US may start 40 days earlier by end of century