Trip Therapy: Scientists Pin Down How MDMA Works in the Brain
New research into MDMA, the main ingredient in ecstasy, could help researchers develop better drugs for therapeutic treatment. ...read more
Category: Discover Magazine
44,000-Year-Old Cave Art Shows A Hunt Filled With Fantastical Creatures
Found in Indonesia, the ancient paintings show beings archaeologists interpret as half-human, half-animal hunters. ...read more
Researchers Find Extinct Mega Carnivore Remains in a Museum Drawer
#49 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
The Best Pictures of Interstellar Comet Borisov as it Approached the Sun
Interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov just made its closest approach to the sun. Here are some shots astronomers took of its journey. ...read more
Watch a Blue Origin Rocket Stick its Sixth Consecutive Landing
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, just completed its sixth launch and landing of a single New Shepard rocket. ...read more
Can a Fasting Diet Help Treat Alzheimer’s Symptoms?
There's some evidence in support of fasting as a treatment, but the case isn't very strong yet. ...read more
Binaural Beats: The Auditory Illusion People Claim Can Heal Your Brain
Preliminary research indicates that binaural beats might affect our brains. But don't believe everything a YouTube video says. ...read more
New Quantum Tech is About to Bring a Major Boost to Gravitational Wave Detections
Improved instruments will lower noise at the quantum level. The development opens the door to discovering more distant gravitational waves. ...read more
In a Test, NASA Just Blew a Hole in the World’s Largest Rocket
To prove their massive rocket could survive well beyond its intended limits, NASA blew a hole in its fuel tank. ...read more
Jupiter’s Galilean Moons May Have Formed Bit By Bit, From Pebbles
These large moons’ complex combination of properties could be best explained if they grew slowly from pebbles. ...read more