Patrick Maravelias
128 posts
Delaware Bill Allowing ‘Human Composting’ Goes to Governor’s Desk
Delaware may very well become the eighth state in the nation to legalize a post-mortem process that may sound a bit strange: naturally composting human bodies.
January 25, 2024
Liquid Cocaine Disguised as White Wine Seized in Hong Kong
A cocaine trafficking operation discovered by authorities in Hong Kong netted two arrests and revealed a particularly creative smuggling method: liquid cocaine substituted for boxed wine.
January 24, 2024
Tens of Thousands of Drug Arrests Reported in Sri Lanka Since December
Sri Lanka began a nationwide crackdown of drug trade and drug use in mid-December of 2023.
January 23, 2024
Suspected Small Ocean’s Worth of Ice Found Under Surface of Mars
Scientists with the European Space Agency have revealed a fascinating new discovery on Mars: giant deposits of what was once suspected to be dust but may actually turn out to be a massive amount of life-giving water ice.
January 22, 2024
New Study Analyzes How Zebrafish React To Being Dosed with Psilocybin
It would appear some of our nation’s premier psychedelic researchers have been experimenting with animal subjects other than lab rats: a small, appropriately-named striped minnow known as the zebrafish.
January 19, 2024
Munchies Explained Scientifically in New Study
The notion that consuming cannabis can often be described as a one-way ticket to a bag of Cheetos has echoed throughout the scores of history (at least since 1948 when Cheetos were invented). After hundreds of years of people using cannabis to help them eat, modern scientists may have found a logical explanation in the brain for this phenomenon.
January 18, 2024
eBay Fined Millions for Employees Who Sent Live Spiders, Cockroaches to Mass. Couple
Years after eBay employees harassed the editors of an online newsletter with live spiders, cockroaches and other by-mail horrors, the online commerce giant has been handed a hefty, court-ordered $3 million bill to pay.
January 16, 2024
Department of Defense To Track Military Overdoses, Provide NARCAN
A wave of military drug overdoses has forced the Pentagon’s hand to take two major steps in saving drug user’s lives: tracking military overdoses and making NARCAN available to all service members.
January 15, 2024
Small Stanford Study Shows Ibogaine Could Be Used To Treat PTSD
While MDMA and psilocybin make waves throughout the medical community, another psychedelic known as ibogaine has shown promise in treating a myriad of disorders, a list which now includes post-traumatic stress disorder.
January 11, 2024
Two U.S. Companies Attempting To Send Rockets Back to the Moon
The U.S. is back in the space race as two private companies are making the first such attempts to land rockets on the moon in over 50 years, though one of the rockets might already be toast.
January 9, 2024