(Neuroscience News) DMT, an active compound of the psychedelic Ayahuasca, is naturally occurring in the mammalian brain, researchers have discovered. The study revealed DMT levels increased significantly in the rat visual cortex following cardiac arrest.
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Breakthrough Supplement Reverses Damage Caused by Fluoride — Pineal Gland Restoration
(Adam Riva) In a time when corporate interests control politics, finance, scientific studies, and public health, is it that hard to believe that the interests of the American people are seldom taken into account when billions of dollars are on the line?
Cannabidiol is a Powerful New Antibiotic
(Neuroscience) New research has found that Cannnabidiol is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including those responsible for many serious infections (such as Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae), with a potency similar to that of established antibiotics such as vancomycin or daptomycin. The research is presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
Bystanders Will Intervene to Help Victims of Aggressive Public Disputes
(Neuroscience News) Reviewing CCTV footage, researchers report in nine out of ten instances of public violence, bystanders will intervene to help the victim. Bystanders will intervene in nine-out-of-ten public fights to help victims of aggression and violence say researchers, in the largest ever study of real-life conflicts captured by CCTV.
Mood Neurons Mature During Adolescence
(Science Daily) Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala — a key center for emotional processing in the brain — that stay in an immature, prenatal developmental state throughout childhood. Most of these cells mature rapidly during adolescence, suggesting a key role in the brain’s emotional development, but some stay immature throughout life, suggesting new ideas about how the brain keeps its emotional responses flexible throughout life.
The Beauty in Numbers, and the Numbers in Beauty
(Oscar Fernandez Ph.D) How mathematics helps us explain beauty.
Soft Disclosure: Silicon Valley Would like to Reverse Engineer a UFO
(Hot Air) Where is the next big tech breakthrough going to come from? Apple, Google or some new startup in California are all in the running, but what if it’s from somewhere further away? Like very, very much further away?
Rat Feeding Study Suggests the Impossible Burger May Not be Safe to Eat
(GMWatch) Following the publication of an article last year by Claire Robinson and Dr Michael Antoniou about the health risks posed by the GMO-derived Impossible Burger, the authors received hostile comments from the burger’s defenders to the effect that “It’s all ‘what if?’ – there is no actual evidence it’s unsafe.”
Researchers Have Concluded: Cannabis Eliminates Toxic Alzheimer-Related Brain Protein
(Best Folk Medicine) With the increase in Alzheimer’s sufferers and estimates saying that the numbers will triple in the US by the year of 2050, there is a need of finding beneficial treatments for it. According to a recent study, marijuana may be the crucial element to such therapy.
Fibromyalgia Linked to Variations in Microbiome Composition
(Neuroscience News) Using a range of clinical techniques, including deep learning, researcher identify changes in the microbiome of people with fibromyalgia which were not associated with diet, medications or aging. Additionally, the severity of symptoms was directly correlated with an increased presence, or more pronounced absence, of certain bacterias.
Scientists Discover a Vast Reservoir of Freshwater Hidden Beneath The Ocean
(Peter Dockrill) Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast.
Farmers Are Using Flowers To Beat Back Pests Instead Of Chemicals
(Aimee Lutkin) A farm is its own ecosystem, but many conventional practices strip away the life cycle of all the creatures living in it by using pesticides. This makes sense, since crops can be decimated by the wrong kind of insect or other invader.
Vaccine Flaw: Than 1 out of 4 Children Who Get Jabbed with Measles Vaccines Still Develop Measles, Study Finds
(Ethan Huff) Did you know that China had more than 700 measles outbreaks between 2009 and 2012, despite the fact that more than 99 percent of the communist country’s population is fully vaccinated in compliance with government mandates? That’s because the measles-containing vaccine (MCV), in case you didn’t know, doesn’t actually work.
Is CBD the Answer to the Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Like MRSA?
(Lisa Egan) As public health organizations issue dire warnings about the rising threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, a surprising hero may rush in just in time to save the day. A new study has found that cannabidiol (commonly known as CBD) is remarkably effective at killing a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria.
Astronomers Just Pinpointed The Origin of a Single Fast Radio Burst For The First Time
(Science Alert) Every now and again, our radio telescopes capture a mystery. A single flash, as powerful in radio wavelengths as half-a-billion Suns, condensed into a burst that lasts just a few milliseconds at most. Now, for the very first time, astrophysicists have traced one of these one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) to its source.