mushrooms
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Suck It, Death Cap: Scientists Find Potential Antidote to World’s Deadliest Mushroom
A team of scientists may have just found an antidote to one of the most infamous natural poisons in the world: the death cap mushroom. In a new study, they detail experiments showing that a common medical dye can counteract the fungi’s deadly effects in mice. Given its already approved uses, the team believes that…
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Mercedes-Benz Has a New EV Concept With High Range and Low-ish Power
Mercedes-Benz shows a new concept EV with a claimed range of 620 miles but it’s a concept, so, you know
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The Main Ingredient In Psychedelic Mushrooms Is Closer To Becoming An FDA-Approved Depression Treatment
The active ingredient that makes magic mushrooms so magic — the psychedelic drug psilocybin — is one step closer to becoming a legal treatment for difficult cases of depression. This week, the company Compass Pathways announced that it had received the Food and Drug Administration’s Breakthrough Therapy designation for its psilocybin-based treatment. The designation will fast…
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Please Don’t Eat The Oldest Mushroom Fossil
Sam Heads and his team had just received a donation of fossil insects at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But when they started going through it, Heads realised that one of the fossils wasn’t a bug at all. “It looks like a mushroom,” he said. He showed it to a colleague.…