A recent trial exploring MDMA-assisted psychotherapy confirmed the effectiveness of MDMA in treating alcohol addiction. The study found participants consumed 18.7 units of alcohol per week in the months after the trial, compared to 130.6 before.
Wearable electronic sensors, such as those in fitness watches and other similar gadgets, could soon be replaced by mycelium – the network of fungal threads that colonizes soil and from which mushrooms sprout.
Millions of visually impaired people around the world are not able to enjoy the thrill of live sports. Australian researchers may have found a solution. They have developed a system which takes spatial data from the tennis court and converts it into 3D audio.
Plastic recyling rates are growing steadily, but for the many experts and activists this is not enough. Another solution to the problem would be making eco-friendly products out of ocean plastic.
The fossil fuel-rich island region of Sakhalin, home to about half a million people, has launched an unexpected experiment. The region will ditch coal, ban diesel cars, and introduce tax breaks in order to reach net-zero planet-heating emissions by 2025.
The pandemic-induced boom in e-commerce means we are producing more trash. Olive, a free app recently launched in the US, wants to change that – by allowing users to combine purchases from hundreds of retailers into a single shipment.
Hayley Arceneaux is set to become the youngest American in space and one of the first tourists to enter orbit. The 29-year-old bone cancer survivor will finally have her dream of becoming an astronaut come true.
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