Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care

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July 08, 2022

Medicine Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care Their efforts could benefit countless others in need of an end-of-life measure By Rachel Nuwer

Electronics Should Machines Replace Mathematicians? A "replication crisis" in mathematics raises questions about the purpose of knowledge By John Horgan

Mental Health A Look at the Mental Health Provisions in the New Gun Law Most of the $13 billion appropriated in the new legislation Congress recently passed focuses on mental health programs By Victoria Knight,Kaiser Health News

Climate Change Hope Dims that the U.S. Can Meet 2030 Climate Goals The Supreme Court's recent ruling and legislative hurdles will make it difficult to reach President Biden's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Epidemiology COVID Variants Found in Sewage Weeks before Showing Up in Tests A technique that detects coronavirus strains circulating in a community could become an early-warning system By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Climate Change Former EPA Head: Supreme Court's Ruling Is a 'Body Blow' to the U.S. Christine Todd Whitman says the Court is pushing a political agenda By Richard Schiffman

Vaccines Omicron-Specific COVID Boosters Are Coming The FDA has called for updating COVID vaccines to address the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. But will the shots keep up with the virus? By Charles Schmidt

Animals The Quest for a 'Tick Map' Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger By Kat Eschner

Climate Change Three Climate Rules Threatened by the Supreme Court's EPA Decision The court's use of the "major questions" doctrine is likely to spur challenges to climate and energy regulations By Lesley Clark,Niina H. Farah,E&E News

FROM THE STORE Truth vs Lies How do we navigate the post-truth era, when there is no longer an expectation that politicians or pundits will be honest? In this eBook, we break down the science of deception so that we can protect ourselves against it. We look at human perception and how those perceptions are influenced using technology as well as provide interventions for combating bias and antiscience thinking. *Editor's Note: This Collector's Edition was published as Truth vs Lies. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on tablet devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Physical Pain? LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management By Troy Farah | September 2021

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