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How psychedelics affect the brain
New York Times, Published on 08/04/2026
» NEW YORK — As researchers have sought to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of mind-altering drugs like LSD and psilocybin “magic mushrooms,” many have struggled to explain exactly how these compounds work on the human brain.
Animal celebs who surprise, sooth and scream at us
New York Times, Published on 26/12/2024
» Every year has its breakout stars, and 2024 yielded a bumper crop: Glen Powell, Chappell Roan, Pommel Horse Guy.
She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.
New York Times, Published on 14/11/2024
» NEW YORK — For her 18th birthday in March, "Jacky Dejo," a snowboarder, bikini model and child influencer turned social media entrepreneur, celebrated on the secluded island of Dominica.
US man charged with staging car crash shown in TikTok video
New York Times, Published on 09/11/2024
» NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man who was shown in a popular TikTok dashcam video of a crash on a busy Queens highway was charged with insurance fraud, staging a motor vehicle accident, reckless endangerment and other crimes, prosecutors announced Friday.
Why Myanmar’s war matters, even if the world is not watching
New York Times, Published on 20/04/2024
» SEOUL — An escalating civil war threatens to break apart a country of roughly 55 million people that sits between China and India. That has international consequences, but the conflict has not commanded wide attention.
Protest against Covid-19 lockdown after fire kills 10 in Xinjiang
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2022
» A deadly fire in an apartment building in China’s far western region of Xinjiang set off an outpouring of anger online and street protest in the region’s capital Friday, with residents calling for the lifting of lockdowns that have confined many to their homes for more than three months.
The superpowers of new super-thin materials
New York Times, Published on 09/01/2020
» NEW YORK: Internet-connected devices have already colonised a range of new frontiers - wrists, refrigerators, doorbells, cars. But to some researchers, the spread of the “internet of things” has not gone nearly far enough.