The psychedelic origins of ancient mystical rites - Big Think
Great overview of Psychodelics history and origins worldwide 👌
As humans spread across the planet, the psychedelic pharmacopeia (record of medicinal drugs) grew. “Few areas of the globe lack at least one hallucinogen of significance in the culture of the inhabitants,” says. This classic study by Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes and LSD discoverer Albert Hofmann, originally published in 1979, is something of a bible for amateurs and professionals alike.
https://bigthink.com/the-past/psychedelic-origins-mystical-rites-religion/
Great overview of Psychodelics history and origins worldwide 👌
As humans spread across the planet, the psychedelic pharmacopeia (record of medicinal drugs) grew. “Few areas of the globe lack at least one hallucinogen of significance in the culture of the inhabitants,” says. This classic study by Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes and LSD discoverer Albert Hofmann, originally published in 1979, is something of a bible for amateurs and professionals alike.
https://bigthink.com/the-past/psychedelic-origins-mystical-rites-religion/
Big Think
The wild psychedelic origins of indigenous mystical rites — as revealed by archaeology
The nascent field of archaeochemistry has furthered our understanding of the psychedelics used by ancient indigenous populations.
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Computer made of DNA works out prime factors of 6 and 15 | New Scientist
Hey, RSA, eat that 😜
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2367161-computer-made-of-dna-works-out-prime-factors-of-6-and-15/
Hey, RSA, eat that 😜
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2367161-computer-made-of-dna-works-out-prime-factors-of-6-and-15/
New Scientist
Computer made of DNA works out prime factors of 6 and 15
Simple calculations, such as factoring low numbers, can be made by mixing together differently shaped strands of DNA
Mammoth Meatball: Meat Firm Made Mammoth DNA Meatball, Humans May Be Allergic
Give it to me😋
https://www.businessinsider.com/mammoth-meatball-cultivated-meat-company-mammoth-dna-2023-3
Give it to me😋
https://www.businessinsider.com/mammoth-meatball-cultivated-meat-company-mammoth-dna-2023-3
Business Insider
A company made a volleyball-sized meatball with mammoth DNA, but no one tasted it because humans could be allergic to the 5,000…
No, it won't be served with a side of spaghetti. Instead, the cultured meat firm, Vow, made the meatball to raise questions about the future of food.
By contrast, patients in Small Pharma’s DMT trial only experienced a “20 to 30-minute psychedelic experience.” This means that the therapy and supervision portion of a DMT experience may cost less than 10% of a psilocybin or MDMA therapy session.
https://microdose.buzz/news/small-pharma-announces-positive-6-month-data-from-phase-2a-dmt-trial/
https://microdose.buzz/news/small-pharma-announces-positive-6-month-data-from-phase-2a-dmt-trial/
Microdose
Small Pharma Announces Positive 6-month Data from Phase 2a DMT Trial
Small Pharma releases additional data from its Phase 2 trial — nearly 2/3 of patients remained in remission after 6 months.
‘The Power of Language’: 5 ways multilingual brains work differently | Euronews
“People who speak more than one language or dialect have different linguistic, cognitive, and neural architectures than people who speak only one language,” Marian writes in the book.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/05/the-power-of-language-5-ways-multilingual-brains-work-differently
“People who speak more than one language or dialect have different linguistic, cognitive, and neural architectures than people who speak only one language,” Marian writes in the book.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/05/the-power-of-language-5-ways-multilingual-brains-work-differently
euronews
‘The Power of Language’: Do bilinguals think differently?
Did you know speaking more than one language can help you age better? A new book released this week explores the research around multilingualism.
Understanding the difference between the mind and the brain
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01017-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01017-w
Nature
Understanding the difference between the mind and the brain
Nature - Neuroscientist Chantel Prat is keen to understand why, despite a growing awareness of diversity and its importance, we still sometimes struggle to accept different perspectives.
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbGFudG1lZGljaW5lcG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/ZDU3M2ZjYWYtMTBhYi00ZjE5LWJkMjktOGRhMmQ1NTEyN2Ni?ep=14
Life transition seems to be a very important use case 😉
Life transition seems to be a very important use case 😉
Google Podcasts
Psychedelic Medicine Podcast with Dr. Lynn Marie Morski - Addressing the Stress of Life Transitions through Ketamine Therapy with…
In this episode of the Psychedelic Medicine Podcast, Dr. Arsalan Azam joins to discuss the potential of ketamine therapy for helping to address the stress of major life transitions. Dr. Azam is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and medical director…
We’re one step closer to reading an octopus’s mind | Ars Technica
When the team looked at an octopus’s brain waves for the first time, the results were shocking. As Di Cosmo explained, these signatures were “long-lasting, slow oscillations that have not been described before.” As far as we know, these signatures appear to be unique to the octopuses.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/in-a-first-researchers-track-brain-activity-in-a-free-moving-octopus/
When the team looked at an octopus’s brain waves for the first time, the results were shocking. As Di Cosmo explained, these signatures were “long-lasting, slow oscillations that have not been described before.” As far as we know, these signatures appear to be unique to the octopuses.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/in-a-first-researchers-track-brain-activity-in-a-free-moving-octopus/
Ars Technica
We’re one step closer to reading an octopus’s mind
A recording device and electrodes were implanted in the very flexible cephalopods.
https://alieninsect.substack.com/p/designer-drugs-and-designer-receptors?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
"Since magnetic fields are transparent to biological tissue, including bone, activation of the receptors is rapid, safe, and can be controlled remotely. Once a brave volunteer has been equipped with this designer receptor orchestra using viral transfer, they would lie down in a comfortable pod and be fitted with a helmet within which the electromagnets are arranged around the skull. Initiating the psychedelic experience — perhaps a day trip to the DMT Cosmic Circus — would be as simple as flicking the switch and giving a wink and a wave…
See you sooooooooooooooon……"
"Since magnetic fields are transparent to biological tissue, including bone, activation of the receptors is rapid, safe, and can be controlled remotely. Once a brave volunteer has been equipped with this designer receptor orchestra using viral transfer, they would lie down in a comfortable pod and be fitted with a helmet within which the electromagnets are arranged around the skull. Initiating the psychedelic experience — perhaps a day trip to the DMT Cosmic Circus — would be as simple as flicking the switch and giving a wink and a wave…
See you sooooooooooooooon……"
Substack
Designer Drugs and Designer Receptors
The intracranial symphony...
Strange Life Forms Could Be Hiding in Cosmic 'Computational Zones' Says New Study : ScienceAlert
Finally. 🤩
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-life-forms-could-be-hiding-in-cosmic-computational-zones-says-new-study
Finally. 🤩
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-life-forms-could-be-hiding-in-cosmic-computational-zones-says-new-study
ScienceAlert
Strange Life Forms Could Be Hiding in Cosmic 'Computational Zones' Says New Study
Life beyond our expectations.
A New Kind of Time Crystal Has Been Created That Does Interesting Things to Light : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-kind-of-time-crystal-has-been-created-that-does-interesting-things-to-light
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-kind-of-time-crystal-has-been-created-that-does-interesting-things-to-light
ScienceAlert
A New Kind of Time Crystal Has Been Created That Does Interesting Things to Light
They're still weird.
Scientist Captures Rare Footage of a 30-Minute-Long Tardigrade Threesome : ScienceAlert
They:
Being Gay is not normal! Have you seen any gays in nature!
Nature:
Well, eat that 😆
https://www.businessinsider.com/wild-water-bear-sex-video-footage-of-tardigrade-threesome-2023-4
They:
Being Gay is not normal! Have you seen any gays in nature!
Nature:
Well, eat that 😆
https://www.businessinsider.com/wild-water-bear-sex-video-footage-of-tardigrade-threesome-2023-4
Business Insider
Rare video footage of a tardigrade threesome that lasted 30 minutes documents the wild sex lives of water bears
One of the first video recordings of tardigrade group sex reveals the unusual way tardigrades mate and reproduce.
2019 first breakthrough endogenous DMT research. Usually it takes about 5 years from first studies to pivotal moment, public attention and exponential growth of interest ( Transformers paper in 2017 -> ChatGPT in 2022 etc...)
I predict in 2024 we will have a huge breakthrough event such as publicly accepted and popularized study/event which will lead to huge spike in finding and commercialization.
https://youtu.be/My95s6ZryPg
I predict in 2024 we will have a huge breakthrough event such as publicly accepted and popularized study/event which will lead to huge spike in finding and commercialization.
https://youtu.be/My95s6ZryPg
YouTube
DMT Quest Documentary
The initial DMT Quest Documentary focusing on the 2019 study published by Dr. Jon Dean from the University of Michigan regarding endogenous DMT. The paper is noscriptd, "Biosynthesis and Extracellular Concentrations of N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in Mammalian…
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UK university launches postgraduate course in clinical use of psychedelics | Drugs | The Guardian
Wanna be a student again
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/21/uk-university-launches-postgraduate-course-in-clinical-use-of-psychedelics-exeter
Wanna be a student again
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/21/uk-university-launches-postgraduate-course-in-clinical-use-of-psychedelics-exeter
the Guardian
UK university launches postgraduate course in clinical use of psychedelics
Certificate at Exeter to include teaching about existing therapies and research in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience
New and quite motivainal intro and Great review of the latest research activities in psylocibin in the end.
For those who are microdosing, I also ecourage you to join this biggest study and contribute in the most exciting research.
https://youtu.be/qry8K7KPHIQ
For those who are microdosing, I also ecourage you to join this biggest study and contribute in the most exciting research.
https://youtu.be/qry8K7KPHIQ
YouTube
How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save the World with Paul Stamets | SXSW 2023
Join Mycologist Paul Stamets, co-founder of MycoMedical Life Sciences, as he speaks of their historical use of psilocybin mushrooms and explores the potential for neurological health based, in part, on recent results on molecular modes of action his team…
A researcher called Tim Landgraf even created a robot honey bee that entered a hive and was able to communicate with the other bees.
It was said to be able to tell the other bees to stop and even where to fly.
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Although Bakker presents the research as a good thing, she does note that it raises "a lot of philosophical and ethical questions."
Scientists won't be stopping with bats and bees and lots of other animals could be communicated with.
There are even said to be plans for scientists to try and talk to plants.https://www-thesun-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.thesun.co.uk/tech/21306708/ai-scientists-talk-to-animals-artificial-intelligence/amp/
It was said to be able to tell the other bees to stop and even where to fly.
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Although Bakker presents the research as a good thing, she does note that it raises "a lot of philosophical and ethical questions."
Scientists won't be stopping with bats and bees and lots of other animals could be communicated with.
There are even said to be plans for scientists to try and talk to plants.https://www-thesun-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.thesun.co.uk/tech/21306708/ai-scientists-talk-to-animals-artificial-intelligence/amp/
The Sun
AI breakthrough lets humans 'talk' with bats and bees 'changing what we know'
Scientists have begun using artificial intelligence to help them communicate with animals – and they’re starting small with bats and bees. AI allows humans to use breakthrough technique…
Organoid Intelligence: Computing on the Brain - IEEE Spectrum
“We’ve recapitulated the key features of the pathology. We can see the loss of dopaminergic neurons, we see the appearance of protein aggregates that are relevant to the disease,” said Schwamborn, whose lab has developed an organoid model of Parkinson’s. These platforms allow them to study, on a small scale, Parkinson’s development in a cellular network context that monolayer cultures cannot: “That’s the major advantage. We can see features of the disease that we know are happening in patients but so far have been unable to recapitulate in the lab. Now, finally, we can do that.”
https://spectrum.ieee.org/organoid-intelligence-computing-on-brain
“We’ve recapitulated the key features of the pathology. We can see the loss of dopaminergic neurons, we see the appearance of protein aggregates that are relevant to the disease,” said Schwamborn, whose lab has developed an organoid model of Parkinson’s. These platforms allow them to study, on a small scale, Parkinson’s development in a cellular network context that monolayer cultures cannot: “That’s the major advantage. We can see features of the disease that we know are happening in patients but so far have been unable to recapitulate in the lab. Now, finally, we can do that.”
https://spectrum.ieee.org/organoid-intelligence-computing-on-brain
IEEE Spectrum
Organoid Intelligence: Computing on the Brain
Small spheres of neurons show promise for drug testing and computation