medical treatment using altered states of consciousness to treat mental disorders

This is a story about Jinjing the South American Magellanic Penguin, that swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

The rescued Penguin was saved by João Pereira de Souza, a 73 year old part-time fisherman, who lives in…

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The cover calls the book “a true story.” But the boy himself now says it was not true at all.

Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera is being expelled from Iraq for broadcasting details about future U.S. troop movements in the country, according to the Pentagon.

Reliving the strange tales of asbestos use in film production.

I gesti degli italiani suscitano una domanda assillante: perché gli italiani gesticolano quando parlano? Ecco una spiegazione storica di questo stereotipo.

Helium - an element that plays a critical role in science and medicine - is becoming more and more difficult to find. At the same time, the U.S. Geological

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Researchers helped mice stay mighty with an experiment to counter the effects of microgravity. The gene treatment might also enhance muscle and bone health on Earth — and in humans.

With all the time and energy cartographers spend preparing maps, it makes sense that they would want to protect their investment. One of the ways they do so...

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Kidnapping and double homicide in Barron, Wisconsin in October 2018

At a Guardian Live event in Glasgow, actor Brian Blessed recalls a trip to the magnetic north pole where his hair stood on end and he had an unlikely encounter with a polar bear. This clip contains strong language.

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JarJar originally created this topic for 2 reasons, both co-inside with each other. First off, Medallion Man, the creator of the original one has not been online for over 6 months. And secondly the original one is extremely out of date. We still havent made…

The Internet is a huge place. Some parts of it are awesome, but others are...less so. And falling squarely in that latter category is the ancient .su domain, once the cyberhome of the Soviet Union. It's not exactly well maintained, or well policed, which…