The more people talk about meditation, the less is known about it. It has gone so far that it is seen as a way to relax and relieve stress. In this publication, we will try to find out what Buddha really meant and to what extent his claims are consistent with scientific evidence.
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Why can't science do without laboratory animals?
Many people give up meat and fur coats, but don't think about how their medicine or facial cream is produced. Meanwhile, almost everything we put on our bodies, take internally, and use for cleaning is tested on animals. Is such research a...
Today's analgesics can treat virtually any kind of pain, from the commonplace aching tooth to the excruciating sensations that accompany cancer. The question today is not so much how to get rid of pain as how much the patient and prescriber are willing to pay for it. The more powerful the drug...
Everyone from school remembers: substances are made up of molecules, molecules are made up of atoms. If the composition is the same, then the substance is the same. However, things are more complicated: of two molecules with the same formula, one may be a necessary medicine and the other a...
Imagine upright man (by now this species of hominid is extinct), who straightened out and became the first of our ancestors to spread beyond one continent. About two million years ago, these hominids, some of which eventually evolved into sentient humans, began to spread out of Africa, coming to...
By the new century, further attempts were made at the state level to limit the spread of opiate addiction in European countries, especially England, where it was recognized as a social evil.
In 1893 the government of William Gladstone, who himself was said not to make important speeches in...
At the beginning of the nine*****th century opium began to be used for entertainment in Europe. At first it was fashionable among the elite and bohemians, then, like cocaine, it became popular among the masses. The anti-alcohol laws that were passed in Britain and the USA played a major role in...
Visiting the Chinese smoking room and what is «Chandu»?
More and more opium was spreading in the East as well. The French naturalist Pierre Belon, who traveled the eastern Mediterranean in the forties of the 16th century, was struck by the extent of opium consumption in the Ottoman Empire. In...
Opium is perhaps the most famous psychoactive substance in the history of mankind, whose derivatives have become synonymous with severe addiction, but its worldwide taboo was not always present. For thousands of years people have used opium for treatment and entertainment.
The first country...
Bipedal Octopus bimaculoides is naturally gifted with a troubled and aggressive character. They are not only misanthropic, but also cynical: they show love and care for their neighbors only during mating. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have created a pro-sociality miracle for the...
In 2017, U.S. investigators for the first time officially conducted a controlled buy of drugs for bitcoins and through the darknet, which is how they managed to catch red-handed Alaa Mohammed Allawi, owner of one of the largest drug shops on the soon to be closed AlphaBay site. Allawi is now...
In the highlands of Tasmania, some 250 miles south of the Australian mainland, narrow paved paths wind in a thin ribbon through a broad river valley bounded by remote mountain cliffs. The two-track paths split apart in grassy pastures, running past bare, skeleton-like trees bleached by sun and...
Tiafentanil (A-3080), similar in structure to sufentanil, is used in veterinary medicine as a safer alternative to carfentanil (the*****utic index is x48 versus x16 for carfentanil). Experiments to immobilize animals with tiafentanil and similar opioids were conducted at Salt Lake City University...
By inventing dynamite, Alfred Nobel only wanted to ease the hardest work of miners. He could not have imagined the terrible destructive consequences of his invention. And quite often scientists, who direct their efforts to help people, create another "tank", and at the modern level of technology...
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With medium or high doses of DMT, you can experience NDE to some degree. Have you ever read in detail about this? If not, I can send you some very interesting literature on the subject.
If you've already had NDE while using LSD, you're very likely to have the same with NDE, but...
Everyone seemed to know how a new drug is created a long time ago, especially after covid-19, when everyone was watching those very clinical trials of vaccines. However, it's not that simple. In a nutshell - in this publication, you will learn how long the process of creating a drug takes and...