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2016’s best bits: breakthroughs in science

From the discovery of gravitational waves to a promising male contraceptive, it was a groundbreaking year for science

Categories News ArticlesTags 2016 in review, Article, Astronomy, Features, Gravity, Ian Sample, It wasn't all bad: good news in 2016, Life and style, Medical research, neuroscience, Science, Space, The Guardian, UK Weekend, WeekendLeave a comment

Power of psychedelic drugs to lift mental distress shown in trials

In 1970 US authorities said drugs like LSD had no medical use, but two tests may just have proven that wrong

Categories News ArticlesTags Article, David Nutt, Drugs, Health, Main section, Medical research, Mental health, Psychology, Sarah Boseley, Science, The GuardianLeave a comment

Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial

Results raise hopes that active substance in class 1 drug could be used to treat mental health conditions in future

Categories News ArticlesTags Article, Depression, Drugs, Health, Medical research, News, Sarah Boseley, Science, Society, UK Home News, World newsLeave a comment

Supper with the Psychedelic Society – tales of therapy, poetry and ayahuasca

Speakers at an event in north London describe their positive experiences of drugs such as psilocybin and LSD, part of a wider resurgence

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Depressed? Your doctor might soon prescribe ketamine

It may take some time to get the general public used to the idea of treating mental illness with drugs many associate with hard partying, but the medical community is jumping aboard the psychedelics train

Categories News ArticlesTags An apple a day, Article, Depression, Drugs policy, Features, Health, Life and style, Olga Oksman, Politics, Psychiatry, SocietyLeave a comment

LSD’s impact on the brain revealed in groundbreaking images

First modern scans of people high on psychedelic drug has given researchers unprecedented insight into neural basis for its effects

Categories News ArticlesTags Article, David Nutt, Drugs, Ian Sample, Main section, neuroscience, News, Science, Society, The Guardian, UK news, UK ScienceLeave a comment

Psychoactive substances ban will ‘end brain research’ in Britain, experts warn

David Nutt, former government chief drugs adviser, says banning of legal highs has already been destructive to Parkinson’s and anti-smoking research

Categories News ArticlesTags Article, David Nutt, Drugs, Drugs policy, Legal highs, News, Parkinson's disease, Politics, Queen's speech, Science, Science policy, Society, UK news

Field studies: science at Latitude festival 2015

A music festival might not seem an obvious place to see and hear science, but Latitude was full of it.

Categories News ArticlesTags Article, Culture, Festivals, Latitude festival, Music, Music festivals, Science, Science blog network, Sifting the evidence, Suzi Gage
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January 18, 2019
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@JoeBarnby @m_wall @mehta_mitul72 You’re raising a really interesting question

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January 14, 2019
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@jtth No, not in our studies. Although with the right conditions, you could make the case to try eg if experienced with mri.

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January 14, 2019
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@jtth Thanks. The poor participants often love the scanner on psychedelics: “womblike”, “spaceship” etc - and are t… t.co/QgKfR9R23z

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January 12, 2019
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More support for entropic brain hypothesis: Serotonergic Psychedelics LSD & Psilocybin Increase the Fractal Dimensi… t.co/hBq41kK7Bt

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January 11, 2019
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@RCarhartHarris @psychesurvey @michaelpollan Video will be designed and put together by @favostudio

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