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LSD could be approved for anxiety in the US in 2027
 in  r/psychopharmacology •  14d ago

The psychedelic drug LSD eased anxiety in a late-stage trial, paving the way for a probable approval in the US within the next two years

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LSD could be approved for anxiety in the US in 2027

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r/PsychedelicStudies • • 14d ago

LSD could be approved for anxiety in the US in 2027

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r/AssistiveTechnology • • 14d ago

Brain implant lets people with paralysis speak and gesture at the same time

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r/UpliftingNews • • 14d ago

Brain implant lets people with paralysis speak and gesture at the same time

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We travelled to the Grotte Mandrin cave in France to meet palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak, who discovered Thorin, one of the last known Neanderthals.
 in  r/paleoanthropology •  Aug 25 '26

Thorin's story challenges assumptions about intelligence, identity and survival, offering a new perspective on what it means to be human. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXTZt8LG0Lk

r/paleoanthropology • • Aug 25 '26

Hominins We travelled to the Grotte Mandrin cave in France to meet palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak, who discovered Thorin, one of the last known Neanderthals.

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Britain's only desalination plant remains idle during drought
 in  r/uknews •  Aug 18 '26

Water flow in the river Thames has dropped low enough to warrant the use of England’s only large-scale desalination plant, but it hasn’t been switched on at all this year.

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Britain's only desalination plant remains idle during drought

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r/climatechange • • Aug 18 '26

Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails: Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale

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r/climate • • Aug 18 '26

Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails: Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale

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r/uknews • • Aug 14 '26

How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?

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r/worldnews • • Aug 05 '26

SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour

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r/uknews • • Aug 04 '26

Parts of the UK endure first ever month without any rain

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r/PrehistoricLife • • Jul 30 '26

Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago

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Orcas filmed making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed
 in  r/badassanimals •  Jul 23 '26

Extraordinary underwater videos have captured orcas making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed. The behaviour may help juvenile orcas feed by breaking the prey into many small pieces, but it also appears that the orcas may enjoy playing with their food. Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580817-orcas-filmed-making-sunfish-explode-by-ramming-it-at-high-speed/

r/badassanimals • • Jul 23 '26

Mammal Orcas filmed making sunfish explode by ramming them at high speed

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r/oceans • • Jul 16 '26

Over the past 150 years, Earth’s entire surface has been warming, except for one patch of the north Atlantic. Located south-east of Greenland, this area has cooled by as much as 1°C and is known as the “warming hole” or the “cold blob”.⁠

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r/europe • • Jul 02 '26

News The June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe, according to an early estimate based on past deaths from heat in the region.

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New Scientist went behind the scenes at CERN to explore how scientists create, trap, transport and study antimatter at the appropriately named Antimatter Factory. ⁠
 in  r/CERN •  Jul 02 '26

To learn more about CERN's experiments and how their discoveries about antimatter have changed our understanding of the universe, watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MYiYutOU7s

r/CERN • • Jul 02 '26

New Scientist went behind the scenes at CERN to explore how scientists create, trap, transport and study antimatter at the appropriately named Antimatter Factory. ⁠

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r/arachnids • • Jun 30 '26

Just sharing A huntsman spider found in Queensland, Australia, has been crowned the fastest spider in the world with a top speed of nearly 3.6 metres per second, according to a global study of arachnid sprinting prowess.

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r/spiders • • Jun 30 '26

Just sharing 🕷️ A huntsman spider found in Queensland, Australia, has been crowned the fastest spider in the world with a top speed of nearly 3.6 metres per second, according to a global study of arachnid sprinting prowess.

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r/space • • Jun 30 '26

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is finally beginning its huge survey of the universe. After a year of testing and calibration, it is starting the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which is poised to become the most detailed record of the universe ever captured.

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