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Psychedelic drugs: AI analyses thousands of drug users’ trip reports

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A pattern recognition algorithm scoured 6850 accounts of people’s experiences with 27 drugs to learn more about how they alter consciousness Health 16 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope image of magic mushroom spores Ted Kinsman/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Artificial intelligence has been used to analyse thousands of written reports of personal … Read more

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 4, episode 11 ‘Rosetta’ has the away team on an acid trip

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4, episode 11 The first episode of “Star Trek: Picard” dropped on Paramount Plus this week, in an interesting move from the television studio. Perhaps they were hoping “Discovery” would benefit from the enormous publicity campaign that’s being adopted for the second season starring Patrick Stewart, otherwise … Read more

Want a free trip to suborbital space? Apply by Feb. 15 to become a ‘citizen astronaut’

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You don’t necessarily have to be rich or famous to score a ride to suborbital space. The nonprofit Space for Humanity is currently accepting applications for its Citizen Astronaut Program, which trains folks for suborbital spaceflight and will foot the bill for their trip to the final frontier. But you’ll have to act fast to … Read more

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship undocks from space station for trip back to Earth

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is headed back to Earth.  The uncrewed Dragon CRS-24 resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday (Dec. 23) after just over a month linked to the orbiting laboratory. The spacecraft, laden with more than 2 tons of gear, cast off from the station at 10:40 a.m. EST … Read more

Arduous trip through Amazon brings COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable groups | Science

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A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 374, Issue 6575. “Vaccine! Let’s vaccinate everyone!” Shouts go up from the steep and muddy banks of the Iriri River in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon forest. A team of doctors, nurses, and nongovernmental organization (NGO) workers are hauling plastic foam boxes from a small … Read more

Encounter review: A sci-fi road trip that gets lost along the way

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By Gregory Wakeman Malik (Riz Ahmed, centre) is determined to prepare his sons to fight the aliens Amazon Content Services LLC Encounter Michael Pearce UK cinemas, Amazon Prime ENCOUNTER brings together three of the most exciting stars in the British film industry: director Michael Pearce, whose debut feature Beast was critically acclaimed on its release … Read more