Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is the whole universe just a simulation?

Over dinner recently a top agent told us they’d attended a party the evening before hosted by an A-list comedian’s company, and at the entrance were two waiters holding mysterious little spritz ...

Feb 2 (Reuters) - A clinical-trial provider sued psychedelic therapy developer Definium Therapeutics (DFTX.O), opens new tab on Monday in Delaware federal court, claiming it stole trade secrets ...

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LSD has gained a reputation for its use in counterculture, but recent developments show it could be used to treat anxiety. Mind Medicine Inc.'s LSD formulation, MM120, recently obtained breakthrough ...

As it inches closer to FDA submissions for its psychedelic drug candidate, Definium Therapeutics is laying the groundwork for a future launch with an educational push about the pharmaceutical ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — One of the most notorious psychedelic drugs of the 1960s is showing promise as a treatment for psychiatric disorders and is being tested as therapy for anxiety in a Charleston-area ...

Two major trials investigating the potential of the psychedelic drug LSD for reducing anxiety are set to conclude in 2026. Scientists are feeling positive after the drug’s success in an earlier-stage ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A new clinical trial underway in the Lowcountry is drawing attention for its unconventional, and potentially groundbreaking, approach to treating anxiety. Researchers ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...