Ibogaine
psychoactive | Mongabay | October 1
Gabon wants a fairer share in the boom of its native plant.
The munchies
psychoactive | ScienceDirect | October 1
Cannabis use frequency and appetite, eating behavior, and anthropometrics
Hotly debated
psychoactive | DoubleBlind | October 2
How psychedelics influence the brain an its functions.
Ketamine
psychoactive | The Guardian | October 2
Sexual harassment may go unnoticed.
Panacea
psychoactive | PsyPost | October 3
Psilocybin seems to help cure lingering Lyme disease symptoms.
Ultimate questions
psychoactive | DoubleBlind | October 3
The relationship between dying and tripping
Major depressve disorder
psychoactive | Translational Psychiatry | October 8
LSD treatment affects patients’ working memory-related brain function.
Data centers
eco | Bloomberg | October 9
Remote rural communities bear the cost of an uncertain future.
Chaos & order
psychoactive | Ars technica | October 10
A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Panpsychism
science | Aeon | October 12
Is everything conscious?
Tripping
psychoactive | PsyPost | October 12
Initial brain entropy tracks later gains in insight and well-being.
Salvia divinorum
psychoactive | Psychedelic Press | October 15
The perennial changes perception, awareness, and one’s sense of reality.
Space-based solar energy
eco | Live Science | October 15
“We are fusion!” The race to harness the sun.
Infiltration
psychoactive | The Microdose | October 16
Oregon psilocybin centers under covert investigation
Cannabis
psychoactive | The Conversation | October 19
Twice as strong doesn’t equal twice as high.
Back in 1518
Dancing plague
psychoactive | Popular Science | October 20
Was it really caused by ergot contamination of rye bread?
Plasticity
psychoactive | PsyPost October 23
Brain activity reaches a more fractal, complex state under LSD.
Towards Approval of PAT
psychoactive | Psychedelic Alpha | October 23
Norway, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and Estonia at the TAIP conference, 2026.
Psylocybin
psychoactive | DoubleBlind | October 26
Can mushrooms alleviate Parkinson’s disease?
Less visible
eco | The Conversation | October 27
Greener often means subtracting rather than adding.