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10 Sad Reasons Why So Many Great People Stay Single Forever

Although the majority of people marry or live with their partner, there are those who stay single forever.

Indonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation

(Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should drop the criminal defamation charges against two prominent human rights defenders in Jakarta, Human Rights Watch said today.

Bicycle Day: A Celebration of Psychedelics

Bicycle Day is a special day celebrated on April 19th each year to commemorate the first-ever intentional acid trip taken by Swiss chemist Dr.Albert Hofmann on April 19, 1943.

Mother Goose Stepping

Here in the northern hemisphere winter mourns its way to spring with tears that sometimes freeze on the ground and crystallize on the white snow still high In the fields and along the roads. It has been a long winter—and do we welcome the longer days when every day

Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson

New evidence has emerged that Russian forces unlawfully detained and tortured people in a torture center and in other facilities in Kherson and vicinity during their occupation of the area between March and November 2022. (Kyiv, April 13, 2023) – Russian forces unlawfully detained and tortured residents of the city of

Pakistan: Farmers Forcibly Evicted for Urban Project

(New York, April 11, 2023) – Pakistan authorities are forcibly evicting thousands of farmers near the city of Lahore for a massive infrastructure project, Human Rights Watch said today.

Get the Minerals Your Body Needs: The Importance of Trace Minerals

Trace minerals are an essential ally for your body’s daily functioning efficiently.

Thinking action as a performative and participative mental awareness

This paper seeks to evaluate experiential facets of thinking action using first-person phenomenological methods.

Why I don’t believe there ever was a Covid virus

I’ve grown increasingly frustrated about the way debate is controlled around the topic of origins of the alleged novel virus, SARS-CoV-2, and I have come to disbelieve it’s ever been in circulation, causing massive scale illness and death. Concerningly, almost no one will entertain this possibility, despite the

Clarifying the relation between mechanistic explanations and reductionism

The topic of mechanistic explanation in neuroscience has been a subject of recent discussion.

Psychedelic unselfing: self-transcendence and change of values in psychedelic experiences

Psychedelic experiences have been shown to both facilitate (re)connection to one’s values and change values, including enhancing aesthetic appreciation, promoting pro-environmental attitudes, and encouraging prosocial behavior. This article presents an empirically informed framework of philosophical psychology to understand how self-transcendence relates to psychedelic value changes. Most of the

Can Melatonin Impact Your Eye Health?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Melatonin, well-known for its role in regulating your body's circadian rhythm, is useful for far more than a good night's sleep.

Why You Should Destroy Your Smart Phone Now

So-called ‘smart phones’ — far more accurately described as ‘dumb phones’ — combine a mobile phone with a watch, with a road map, with a tourist atlas of the world, with a digital camera, with a personal stereo system, with a music collection, with a video recorder, with a diary, with a

How Aging Affects Mitochondria in Brain Cells

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.