Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.

(CNN) — Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation ...

A heat map of brain activity shows stable patterns before and after taking psilocybin in blue and green, while temporary changes are shown in red, orange and yellow. Sara Moser via Washington ...

Arizona’s first-in-the-nation clinical trial of magic mushrooms is one step closer to becoming a reality. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a hold on a clinical trial being run ...

A 2025 study found that mice given monthly doses of psilocybin over 10 months had an 80% survival rate (versus 50% in controls) and appeared physically younger, Researchers believe this may be due to ...

Researchers in Kingston, Ont., are embarking upon a clinical trial that will look at whether very small doses of psilocybin — ...

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 ...