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Exploring the potential of psychedelics for the betterment of all. @UC Berkeley
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Hey Bay Area! Tickets are on sale now for Psychedelia & Cinema, our film series in partnership with
@bampfa.bsky.social.
Screenings fill quickly, get your tickets today!
https://bampfa.org/program/psychedelia-cinema
about 2 months ago
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Don't miss High Dose Cinema from April 9-21 at The New Parkway, part of the Psychedelic Film Festival. Get tickets:
https://bit.ly/48iXYUu
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The New Parkway Show Times
Search for movie showtimes and buy tickets at The New Parkway - powered by Veezi
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2 days ago
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âCommunicating Vesselsâ featuring filmmaker Annie MacDonell at
@bampfa.bsky.social
brings together visionary films exploring psychedelics, consciousness and feminist perspectives in art. April 5 at 1pm PT Get tickets:
https://bit.ly/4bZM1o4
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Communicating Vessels
Videos by Annie MacDonell and MaĂŻder FortunĂŠ bring a feminist perspective to the consideration of consciousness-expanding practices through drugs and/or art, work, and life. MacDonell noted, âI spent ...
https://bit.ly/4bZM1o4
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Join us in welcoming the 2026 Ferriss - UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellows. This program supports journalists covering the rapidly evolving field of psychedelics, from policy to science to culture. Read more:
https://bit.ly/4lXIHy2
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In a clinical trial at the DĂślen Lab at Johns Hopkins, stroke patients with motor impairment take carefully managed doses of psychedelics and pilot a dolphin in a video game. Professor GĂźl DĂślen has even bigger plans. Read more on
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
:
https://bit.ly/4s1EGu5
6 days ago
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đż Applications are open for the Collective Continuance Fellowship! Weâre supporting PhD students bridging Indigenous knowledge & psychedelic research through ethical scholarship. Apply or share: psychedelics.berkeley.edu/collective-continuance-fellowship
#IndigenousStudies
#PsychedelicResearch
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Collective Continuance: Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
The Collective Continuance: Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship supports early-career scholars who are navigating complex questions at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and psychedelic research.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/collective-continuance-fellowship
9 days ago
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Is the âblue lotusâ sold today the same plant revered in ancient Egypt? UC Berkeley student and Flourish Fellow Liam McEvoy investigated. Read more on @DoubleBlind:
https://bit.ly/4bwdbUr
10 days ago
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The Microdose spoke to historian @JohnLisle about what we know now about the CIA's mind-control program
#MKULTRA
, the man behind it, and what happened to its victims. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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11 days ago
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A wonderful interview with the curator of our Psychedelia & Cinema film series with
@bampfa.bsky.social
. Tickets on sale now at
bampfa.org/program/psyc...
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12 days ago
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The Microdose spoke with filmmaker Courtney Stephens about her documentary on the controversial scientist John C. Lilly. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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16 days ago
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Ferris-
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Psychedelic Journalism Fellow Clayton Dalton's excellent piece for the
@newyorker.com
on
@ucdavis.bsky.social
Professor David Olson's provocative research into redesigning psychedelics-without the trip-to treat mental health disorders.
https://bit.ly/4uLcU7R
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Why Do Mind-Altering Drugs Make People Feel Better?
Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they donât induce a tripâbut they still improve mental health.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/why-do-mind-altering-drugs-make-people-feel-better
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đCongrats to
@haleemakshah.bsky.social
, who is nominated for a NYC Podcast Award for her Altered States episode "Was it DMT? Or Was it Heaven?"! đ§Listen to Altered States, Season 2, Episode 3 now.
https://bit.ly/4ltXJvx
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23 days ago
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The Microdose spoke with Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, a drug regulation expert, to discuss the FDAâs new accelerated drug review program. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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26 days ago
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ELDEREVOLUTION visited the BCSP lab to talk to Faculty Director Michael Silver and neuroscience PhD candidate Tyler Toueg about their current study.
https://abbierosner.substack.com/p/new-uc-berkeley-brain-imaging-study
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New UC Berkeley Brain Imaging Study Examines Psilocybin's Role in Healthy Aging
The potential of psilocybin for quelling angst in the dying has been demonstrated in multiple studies over the past decades.
https://abbierosner.substack.com/p/new-uc-berkeley-brain-imaging-study
29 days ago
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We're co-hosting a panel at
@bioneers.org
on March 26! BCSP Faculty Director Michael Silver and Senior Science Advisor GĂźl DĂślen will be talking about potentials and pitfalls of psychedelic research.
https://conference.bioneers.org/the-cutting-edges-of-psychedelics-research-potentials-and-pitfalls/
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The Cutting Edges of Psychedelics Research: Potentials and Pitfalls - Bioneers Conference
Psychedelic substances, long used by a number of Indigenous cultures, have been on a strange, jagged trip for nearly a century in the Western world, from experimentation by a few anthropologists and s...
https://conference.bioneers.org/the-cutting-edges-of-psychedelics-research-potentials-and-pitfalls/
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As scientific research on psychedelics grows, so does legal and political support. This interactive law and policy map offers a guide to the shifting legal landscape. Check out the most recent updates from this month:
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/law-and-policy-map/
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Law and Policy Map - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Your guide to the shifting legal landscape of psychedelics.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/law-and-policy-map/
about 1 month ago
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Congrats @haleemakshah.bsky.social for being nominated for the South Asian Excellence in Sound and Audio Storytelling Award at the NYC Podcast Awards! Your reporting for our Altered States podcast was đŻ cc: @prx.org
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-episode-3-was-it-dmt-or-was-it-heaven/
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Season 2, Episode 3: Was it DMT? Or was it heaven? - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
An investigation into near-death experiences
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/season-2-episode-3-was-it-dmt-or-was-it-heaven/
about 1 month ago
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Our podcast, Altered States, has been nominated for 4 awards at
@silver-nyc.com
: Best Science Podcast, Best Editing, Black Excellence in Sound and Audio Storytelling and South Asian Excellence in Sound and Audio Storytelling. đđž đ cc: @prx.org
https://www.silver-nyc.com/nycpodcastawards/nominees
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Nominees â SILVER - Podcast & Video Production
https://www.silver-nyc.com/nycpodcastawards/nominees
about 1 month ago
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In this weekâs Microdose newsletter, BCSP co-founder
@michaelpollan.bsky.social
shares an excerpt from his new book, A World Appears, which was published last week. Read the full excerpt and subscribe to the Microdose at
themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe
about 1 month ago
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FDA drug approval changes, RAND survey results, and more in this week's news roundup from The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter from the BCSP. Subscribe today!
http://themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe
about 1 month ago
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We're looking to hire a UC Berkeley student as a summer social media intern! Learn how to utilize your video and multimedia content making skills in a professional work environment. Apply at:
https://app.joinhandshake.com/public/jobs/10743795
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about 1 month ago
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The Microdose spoke with Nikolas Francis, an auditory neuroscientist whose study with mice is helping to explain humansâ experience with music while on psychedelics. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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about 1 month ago
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Are you subscribed to the BCSP newsletter? Get the latest psychedelic research, education, news, and views from the team at UC Berkeley delivered directly to your inbox.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/subscribe/
about 1 month ago
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New psilocybin trial results, state bill updates, and more in this week's news roundup from The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter from the BCSP. Subscribe today!
themicrodose.substack.com/subscribe
about 1 month ago
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Welcome Marlena Robbins, MS, DrPHc, Program Coordinator of the Collective Continuance Fellowship! Her leadership centers Indigenous methodologies & data sovereignty in research involving psychedelics, supporting ethical and community-responsive scholarship.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/collective-c...
about 2 months ago
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TONIGHT: The @berkeleypubliclibrary.org hosts neuroscience grad student, Makenzie Wilkinson, to talk about how psychedelic drugs reopen critical periods of development.
https://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15732948
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Popping the Science Bubble @Central
A UC Berkeley lecture series. Event starts at February 17, 2026 5:30 PM PST
https://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15732948
about 2 months ago
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Our Director of Strategy, Kuranda Morgan, started as a Civic Science Fellow, supported by the
@danafoundation.bsky.social,
working to make psychedelic research accessible.
https://civicsciencefellows.org/stories/creating-room-for-both-scientists-and-communities-to-learn-about-psychedelics/
about 2 months ago
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State and federal legislative updates plus more in The Microdose, an independent journalism newsletter out of the BCSP.'s journalism pillar Subscribe today!
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about 2 months ago
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The Microdose spoke with anesthesiologist Harrison Shong-Wen Chow about how dreams during surgery have relieved trauma symptoms. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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about 2 months ago
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Hey Bay Area! Tickets are on sale now for Psychedelia & Cinema, our film series in partnership with
@bampfa.bsky.social.
Screenings fill quickly, get your tickets today!
https://bampfa.org/program/psychedelia-cinema
about 2 months ago
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The Microdose talked to Henrik Jungaberle, a medical psychologist and the founder and CEO of the MIND Foundation. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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about 2 months ago
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Thanks
@kalwradio.bsky.social
and Bay Made for featuring our podcast, Altered States this week! Altered States is made in partnership with
@prx.org
and explores the stories and debates about psychedelics with smart and thorough reporting.
www.kalw.org/show/bay-made
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Bay Made
Each week, Bay Made partners with one Bay Area podcast or producer and shares four episodes of their work over the course of the week. Past partners include California Sun, Civic from the San Francisc...
https://www.kalw.org/show/bay-made
2 months ago
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Do you read The Microdose? It's an independent newsletter out of the BCSP's journalism pillar with great reporting, including a weekly roundup of news from the field. Read or subscribe at
themicrodose.substack.com
2 months ago
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For NPRâs
@planetmoney.bsky.social
, 2025 Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi took a deep dive into Zide Door, the worldâs largest psychedelic mushroom church. Listen here:
www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...
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Inside the worldâs largest psychedelic mushroom church : Planet Money
Book tour dates and ticket info here.Just as every market has its first movers, every religion has its martyrs â the people willing to risk everything for what they believe. Pastor Dave Hodges just mi...
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5686773/psychedelic-mushroom-church
2 months ago
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The Microdose talked to Zoe Dubus, a historian who is trying to spotlight the legacies of three women psychedelic practitioners. Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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2 months ago
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Do you read The Microdose? It's an independent newsletter out of the BCSP's journalism pillar with great reporting, including a weekly roundup of news from the field. Read or subscribe at
https://themicrodose.substack.com/
2 months ago
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reposted by
UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Pscyhedelics
Michael Pollan
2 months ago
đĽ Congrats to our 2nd cohort of MycoskieâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Fellows! ⨠Prod & Post: Alexandra Roca, Otilia Padua, Will Wertz ⨠R&D: Ewan Waddell, Jia Li, Julia Ngeow ⨠Student: Claire Crawford (UCLA) đ
tinyurl.com/mycoskie2026
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Sarmiento is a masters student studying integrative spiritual care at Harvard Divinity School. Her platform, sunflower.sutras, was launched with the support of the MycoskieâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her full Q&A with the BCSP.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...
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Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow Q&As: Solei Sarmiento - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Q&A with Solei Sarmiento, a Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-berkeley-social-media-fellow-qas-solei-sarmiento/
2 months ago
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Charlotte James is a healer and ceremonial facilitator. She's also the founder of New Old Ways, a multidimensional learning space that was launched with the support of the MycoskieâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...
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Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow Q&As: Charlotte James - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Q&A with Charlotte James, a Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-berkeley-social-media-fellow-qas-charlotte-james/
2 months ago
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reposted by
UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Pscyhedelics
The Xylom
3 months ago
In this week's edition of our newsletter, our
@scipsychedelics.bsky.social
FerrissâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow
@scigat.bsky.social
shares what drove him to cover Joe Rogan's obsession with his home country's mad honey. Read and subscribe here:
buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
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How A Plantâs Survival Strategy Lands Patients in Emergency Wards
Our FerrissâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow, Saugat Bolakhe, shares what drove him to report about "mad honey".
https://buttondown.com/thexylom/archive/how-a-plants-survival-strategy-lands-patients-in/
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Here are some of the headlines you might of missed in last week's roundup from The Microdose, a free newsletter from the BCSPâ¨Not yet a subscriber? Sign up today
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3 months ago
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Xochitl Bernadette Moreno is a Xicana filmmaker, ceremonialist and media maker. Her project, Ancestral Medicine: Healing the Streets, launched as a result of the MycoskieâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...
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Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow Q&As: Xochitl Bernadette Moreno - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Q&A with Xochitl Bernadette Moreno, a Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-berkeley-social-media-fellow-qas-xochitl-bernadette-moreno/
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Chelsea Coyle is a brand strategist, community builder & creative designer. Her project, Psychedelic Genius, launched as a result of the MycoskieâUC Berkeley Psychedelic Social Media Fellowship. Read her Q&A with the BCSP.
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-...
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Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow Q&As: Chelsea Coyle - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Q&A with Chelsea Coyle, a Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow.
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/mycoskie-uc-berkeley-social-media-fellow-qas-chelsea-coyle/
3 months ago
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The Microdose talked to Olivia Marcus about how psychedelic advertisements fit into the legacy of pharmaceutical marketing, and the repeating themes she sees in psychedelics ads.đ Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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3 months ago
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Here are some of the headlines you might of missed in last week's roundup from The Microdose, a free newsletter from the BCSPâ¨Not yet a subscriber? Sign up today
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3 months ago
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Scientific research doesn't happen in a vacuum. Last month, the BCSP and Kavli Center convened a group of researchers to examine how our own backgrounds and disciplines shape the questions we choose to ask. Dive into the key takeaways here:
psychedelics.berkeley.edu/putting-ethi...
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Putting Ethics and Public Engagement at the Center of Psychedelics Exploration - UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Why the BCSP and the Kavli Center brought together basic scientists for an ethics workshop
https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/putting-ethics-and-public-engagement-at-the-center-of-psychedelics-exploration/
3 months ago
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More great work from Saugat Bolakhe, one of our 2025 Ferris-UC Berkeley Journalism Fellows.
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3 months ago
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Make sure to check out these upcoming UC events in the field of psychedelics ⨠Imaginarium:
imagination.ucsd.edu/imaginarium/
Berkeley Law Panel:
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
3 months ago
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The Microdose talked with Adam Aronovich about using humor to critique society, and how he wields social media to keep wellness culture in check đ Subscribe to The Microdose and read the full Q&A here:
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3 months ago
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The Microdose talked to researcher Colin Domnauer about a mushroom that reliably produces fairy-tale-like visions. Subscribe to the Microdose Newsletter for the full Q&A đ
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4 months ago
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The Microdose talked to neuropharmacologist Patricia Whitaker about the discovery of serotonin and how the neurotransmitter in many ways gave rise to the modern field of neuroscience. Subscribe to read the full Q&A đhttps://themicrodose.substack.com/
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