Psychedelics company Tryp Therapeutics Inc. TRYPF and Harvard’s largest medical teaching facility, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) to fund and conduct a ...

Psilocybin, a natural compound found in certain mushrooms, has shown promise in treating depression and anxiety. UC San Francisco researchers wanted to know if it could be used to help Parkinson’s ...

From cellular repair to cognitive resilience, researchers are exploring how psychedelics could influence the biology of aging. A 2025 study found that mice given monthly doses of psilocybin over 10 ...

The University of Exeter will offer a master's degree in magic and occult science. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Exeter Prof. Sajjad Rizvi about the new program. Magic will soon fill classrooms at a school ...

The largest-ever clinical trial of psilocybin — the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms" — is set to begin by the end of December. It's the first time a clinical trial of the hallucinogen ...

Jaden Smith said his mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, introduced him to magic mushrooms. Jaden Smith was 24 when he shared that, a time when experts said brains may still be developing. Neuroscientists ...

Nicola d'Alessandro stopped drinking when she was 23. She stayed sober for 11 years until, as a young mom in suburban New York, she decided she was mature enough to drink socially again. It didn't ...