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Hospital admission after taking hallucinogens triples risk of schizophrenia: study

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Hospital admission after taking hallucinogens triples risk of schizophrenia: study

Given the recent increase in people taking these drugs, a research group in Canada wanted to know if there was an association between people going to hospital because of problems related to these drugs and subsequent mental ill health – specifically, schizophrenia spectrum disorder. | Photo Credit: Stock Photo A link between taking hallucinogenic drugs and psychosis has long…

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What Scientists Know About Consciousness In Octopuses, Which Have 9 Brains

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What Scientists Know About Consciousness In Octopuses, Which Have 9 Brains

San Diego, California: We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked. Squirt had notoriously accurate aim. As a comparative psychologist, I’m used to assaults…

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‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new species discovered in Peru’s Amazon

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‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new species discovered in Peru’s Amazon

A specimen of spiny mouse (Scolomys sp.), a species discovered on a Conservation International Rapid Assessment expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape in Peru, is pictured, June 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters An “amphibious mouse” with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to…

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Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost

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Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost

In this photo released by the Mammoth Museum at the Russian North-Eastern Federal University on Monday, December 23, 2024, University’s Scientists show the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost in Russia’s Siberia. | Photo Credit: AP Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were…

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3D-printed guns allegedly used to kill US CEO a growing threat worldwide

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3D-printed guns allegedly used to kill US CEO a growing threat worldwide

Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun. Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon. Often called “ghost guns” because they can be hard to trace, these firearms can be either partially or…

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Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

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Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

This handout photo long exposure shot shows the flight of a flock of autonomous drones during an experiment near Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP Moving in a dense cloud, like throngs of people walking across a crowded public square, 100 drones maneuver through the night sky in Hungary’s capital, the…

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

This artist’s illustration shows the wayward interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah) racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. The object, heated by the Sun (lower right), is venting gaseous material from its surface, as a comet would. | Photo Credit: Reuters In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar…

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