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2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Rachel Carlson |Regina Barber |Hannah Chinn

Researchers are studying psychedelics as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, PTSD and substance use disorders. But they don't know exactly how these drugs work. Getting the answer to this question is especially difficult when people often take psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin for their trademark "trips."Some researchers think these psychoactive, spiritual effects are a big part of why patients could benefit from psychedelic drugs.

2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Rachel Carlson |Regina Barber |Hannah Chinn

Researchers are studying psychedelics as a possible treatment for conditions like depression, PTSD and substance use disorders. But they don't know exactly how these drugs work. Getting the answer to this question is especially difficult when people often take psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin for their trademark "trips."Some researchers think these psychoactive, spiritual effects are a big part of why patients could benefit from psychedelic drugs.

1 month ago | tpr.org | Hannah Chinn |Sarah Zhang

Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. They were wrong. Hundreds of thousands of viral mutations and multiple seasonal waves later, researchers now know why. Turns out, SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes the disease COVID-19 — was making evolutionary leaps and bounds in one specific group of people.

Jan 20, 2025 | npr.org | Maria Godoy |Rebecca Ramirez |Jane Greenhalgh |Emily Kwong |Kimberly McCoy |Hannah Chinn

Red No. 3 is banned by the FDA due to cancer link : Short Wave On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it is banning the dye called Red No. 3, a food dye additive in many processed foods, like sodas, sweets and snacks. Recently, it and other dyes were linked to behavior issues in children. But high levels of Red No. 3 were linked to cancer in rats decades ago. So why is the ban happening now?

Jan 16, 2025 | wgbh.org | Hannah Chinn

January 16, 2025 When you picture a dinosaur, what does it look like? Maybe you think of four-legged herbivores like Apatosaurus or Triceratops. Maybe you imagine large armored dinosaurs like Ankylosaurus or Stegosaurus. But for Jingmai O’Connor , the dinosaurs she studies – look a lot more like birds.