Treatment without the trip: Scientists create hallucination-free psychedelic that could fight depression & PTSD
California scientists have created a non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine which they say…More
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China detains local employee of Bloomberg news bureau in Beijing, starts ‘national security’ probe
Chinese authorities have detained Haze Fan, a local member of staff at the Bloomberg News…More
Not now, Greta! Internet points to Covid-19 pandemic as teen activist berates world for ‘empty words’ on climate change
Greta Thunberg has been accused of issuing a tone-deaf lecture about the need for immediate…More
US agrees to return 12 military sites to South Korea, but cleanup costs issue remains unresolved
After years of squabbling over the issue, the US returned 12 American military sites to…More
Sanofi and GSK announce Covid vaccine delayed until end of 2021
Pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GSK have announced that they are pushing back the expected availability…More
Breakthrough exoplanet discovery may lead humanity to finding the rogue Planet Nine
Astronomers have found a distant exoplanet some 336 light years from Earth, which they believe…More
Beijing lambasts US record on human rights and labels Washington’s inference in China as ‘hypocrisy’
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has blasted the US’s interference in Beijing’s domestic affairs on the…More
Hungary plans to annul EU summit’s rule-of-law declaration in court
Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga has warned that the country will launch a case to…More
China’s combative ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomats are like Simba from ‘The Lion King’ after he grew up, says FM spokesperson
A new generation of combative Chinese diplomats aren’t afraid to push back against criticism of…More
‘Important force for defense’: Taiwan launches home-built offshore patrol ship amid tensions with Beijing
Taiwan has commissioned the first of a dozen of its planned new Coast Guard ships…More