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A small new study shows reactions in the brain in people who were given psilocybin in a controlled setting.

For the first time, Thai wild-berry pickers traveling to Finland for the summer harvest are required to have a residence permit for an employed person. This change follows serious concerns about human trafficking during the 2023 harvest season and new legislative amendments in Thailand. All applications submitted by the pickers have now been processed.

Following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally last weekend, his allies at the Republican National Convention are downright elated over the turn of events, wrote Amanda Marcotte for Salon — and already making plans to use it as a political weapon.

Hearts vs Tottenham: How to Catch the Pre-Season Clash Spurs’ Scottish Sojourn Begins Tottenham Hotspur embark on their pre-season journey, starting with an intriguing friendly against Heart of Midlothian. As Spurs gear up for the 2024-25 season, their first stop brings them to the historic Tynecastle Park—a fitting venue as Hearts celebrates its 150th anniversary. […]

In the face of regional turmoil, rising extremism, and heightened geopolitical tensions, Africa urgently needs strong leadership. But its two most significant regional powers, Nigeria and South Africa, are too constrained by domestic challenges to represent Africa’s interests effectively on the world stage.

1. Moving In Childhood Contributes to Depression, Study Finds  The New York Times
2. Multiple house moves as a child can increase risk of depression in later life - study  The Independent
3. Study shows multiple home moves during childhood can increase the risks of depression in later life  Medical Xpress
4. Multiple house moves during childhood can increase the risk of depression in later life, study finds  Yahoo Canada Shine On
5. Children who move home between ages of... Читать дальше...

All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version).

You don't always need the biggest battery available — especially if it packs in a bunch of other really helpful features.

Cruise ships are vacations from hell to the point where, if you’re trapped on one, you might need a vacation from your vacation. What better way to get away while getting away than to get away by train.

A CLASSIC motor once owned by a Star Wars legend can now be yours… if you can rustle up £1.5million.

In just about any economics textbook, one will find a discussion of market failure.  The conversation will usually go something like this: markets are great, but sometimes they fail.  If transaction costs are low, then no government remedy is needed.  But if transaction costs are high, then the government can (and should) step in to correct the failure.  One of the most common methods advocated to correct a market failure is the original from British economist Arthur C. Pigou: taxes.

The Night Agent is one of Netflix’s most popular shows of all time and its coming back for a second season at the end of 2024. Showrunner Shawn Ryan has revealed that the cast will look very different in season two as the storyline will follow a new case. “In a Season 2, if we [...]

Scientists tracked changes in brain activity after people took a large dose of psilocybin, finding clues on how the psychedelic drug might help treat depression.

Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" has become hugely popular on TikTok decades after its release, and this week, it debuts on the TikTok Billboard Top 50.

Polar Capital Technology Trust has announced proposals for a 10-1 share split while posting its latest annual results.

Where hidden water tables meet the Earth's surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act like water savings accounts that can support ecosystems with the moisture required to survive, even as precipitation dwindles.

1. Exoplanet with weird orbit is transforming into a hot Jupiter before our eyes  Space.com
2. A hot-Jupiter progenitor on a super-eccentric retrograde orbit  Nature.com
3. Strange planet with a backward, cucumber-shape orbit is turning into another kind of world  CNN
4. Astronomers spot a 'highly eccentric' planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter  Phys.org
5. WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak Discovers Ex | Newswise  Newswise

Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how hot Jupiter exoplanets are born, finding a gas giant with a weird orbit in the process of transforming into just such a world.

1. GM to increase production of high-performance Cadillac Escalade V8 SUV  CNBC
2. View Photos of the 2025 Cadillac Escalade  Car and Driver
3. Cadillac is giving its gas-powered Escalade an EV glow-up  The Verge
4. 2025 Cadillac Escalade gets fat screen, other IQ goodies, rolls on 24s  Autoblog
5. First look: 2025 Cadillac Escalade adds EV style, 55-inch screen, power doors  Detroit Free Press

GM will increase production of its Cadillac Escalade V-Series performance model as part of updates to the flagship SUV for the 2025 model year.

Researchers have analyzed data from 127 studies to reveal 'thresholds' for when logged rainforests lose the ability to sustain themselves. The results could widen the scope of which forests are considered 'worth' conserving, but also show how much logging degrades forests beyond the point of no return.

For decades, scientists have been studying a group of unusual materials called multiferroics that could be useful for a range of applications including computer memory, chemical sensors and quantum computers.

Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter, and they swing wildly close to their star, whirling around in a few days compared to our own gas giant's leisurely 4,000-day orbit around the sun.

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must get put back together. When that doesn't happen in the right way or details are distorted, it can lead to the creation of false memories.

Despite facing regional threats like deforestation and wildfires, the world's forests continue to be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. A new study reveals these vital ecosystems have consistently absorbed carbon dioxide for the past three decades, even as disruptions chip away at their capacity.