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Participants took 25mg of psilocybin, reporting deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later
A single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.
Scientists spotted apparent changes in the brain’s structure which were still...
UK iPhone users who have completed Apple’s device-based age checks will no longer be blocked from the site’s adult content.
Finalisation of pact governing global response to disease outbreaks delayed as talks on how to share benefits stall
A key deadline to finalise a global pandemic treaty has been missed by negotiators, prompting warnings that the world remains unprepared for the next major disease outbreak.
Countries have been trying to agree how they should share information on pathogens, such as bacteria or...
Ford Motor has written off $20 billion in electric vehicle investments but says it is forging ahead with an electric pickup that will sell for $30,000 next year.
From pizza-box prototypes to Exclusive Books shelves, this South African financial literacy board game has found an audience.
Alzheimer’s Research UK says patients at risk of being left behind as lack of formal or accurate diagnoses closes door to trials
People with Alzheimer’s disease are missing out on experimental treatments because they are not diagnosed early or accurately enough to be enrolled in clinical trials, a UK charity has said.
Trials of Alzheimer’s drugs reached a record high this year, according to...
Decades of advice on what to eat and what not to might have been missing one key ingredient, according to new research
Reduce your calories. Eat more vegetables. Limit soft drinks and junk foods. For years, even decades, this has been the advice for those wanting a healthy body weight, lower blood pressure and better markers of metabolic health. Most weight-loss advice has focused on either...
The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark conference came about, who was missing, and whether the optimism can...
Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.
The agency, which has been pulling back on lawsuits against major companies, ended a case that had accused Mr. Musk of hiding his purchases of Twitter stock. He agreed to pay $1.5 million.
The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.
The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight on A.I. models before they are made publicly available.
Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the investors in the new firm, which will help integrate Anthropic’s A.I. model Claude into their systems.
Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one day
In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm.
It is the first time a transplant of cryopreserved prepubertal testicular tissue...
Rodent-carried disease is not usually contagious between humans and outbreaks are rare. ‘New world’ variants are the most deadly. What are the symptoms and treatment?
Three passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The outbreak was reported on the polar cruise ship MV Hondius, which was...
Best seen before dawn, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 5–6 May
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of 5–6 May.
Best seen before dawn, the chart shows the view looking east from London at 4am on 6 May. By this time, the shower’s radiant point will have climbed into the south-eastern sky.
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On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker
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Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the...
Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility
The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe.
“They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some crawled in people’s laps. Every single one...
Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa
Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.
One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.
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The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation.
Artemis II inspired the public but the Trump administration wants to slash the science underpinning human spaceflight
It should have been a victory lap for Jared Isaacman. The Nasa administrator was in Washington DC for what he surely hoped would be a celebration with lawmakers and the US president, little more than two weeks after the successful conclusion of the first human journey around the...