Laws, questions dog ‘improvements’ in drugs
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Forget about Day-Glo visions, tie-dyed streams of consciousness, unpredictable side effects.
Researchers are developing new psychedelics for mental-health treatment that seek to avoid the defining nature of an earlier psychedelic dose—the mind-altering trip. Companies and writers such as Ayelet Waldman and Michael Pollan have promoted micro-dosing to ease depression, anxiety, or PTSD—but what do we know about these new and emerging chemical compounds?
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Mushrooms and more: At top, a lab worker harvests mushrooms from the genus Psylocibe. Above, a color-enhanced scanning electron microscope image of mushroom spores. When ingested, this fungus causes euphoria, hallucinations, and altered perception of time. Read more. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY SUSAN SEUBERT | | | The fire started underground: Easter Island’s largest known moai statue, named “El Gigante,” weighs 200 metric tons and is 69 feet tall. Earlier this month, a fire “irreparably damaged” hundreds of the statues (pictured above in Rano Raraku quarry)—and strong rains may exacerbate the damage. Nat Geo has compiled what all we know about the solemn, enigmatic moai. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY SMITH ARCHIVE/ALAMY | | | What do you put in a tomb? Royals and commoners in ancient Egypt were consumed with the afterlife. Pictured above are Yuya (left) and Tuya (right), two ancestors of King Tut. Found in 1905 in the Valley of the Kings, the two are among Egypt’s best-preserved mummies. What shared their tomb? Chairs, beds, a wig, and 52 jars of embalming material, Nat Geo reports. | | | |
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