Therapists explore psychedelics for patients

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
by RJ Hamster

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

In today’s newsletter, we explore how medics will safeguard coming psychedelic treatment, examine the battle that changed England … and learn how the bagel began. Plus, a partial lunar eclipse and a Halley’s Comet meteor shower.

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Being treated for depression, the patient thought her body had detached and was floating. Her psychiatrist squeezed her hand and made her feel safe as the drug dissipated inside her.

Buckle up, everyone: Get ready for doctors and psychedelics.

With Oregon and the FDA poised to approve psychedelics for mental health, will there be medics trained to treat patients? What’s being done right now?

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And who was she? For the first time in history, scientists were able to recover ancient human DNA from an artifact—and tell us who wore this deertooth pendant (above) … and when. Did it even come from a human?

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THE NIGHT SKIES

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Bits of Halley’s Comet rain down: The last time we saw the most famous comet in our corner of the solar system was in 1986, and it won’t be back until 2062. But. before dawn Saturday, we can see all the sand-grain sized particles shed by this icy visitor burn up high above our heads. Some of Halley’s pieces are in the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend. In the southern hemisphere, viewers may see as many as 25 shooting stars an hour. On Friday, viewers in Europe, Asia, Africa, and parts of the Pacific may see a shadow from this month’s full moon from a penumbral lunar eclipse. For more stargazing highlights check out my Night Sky This Week livestream. — Andrew Fazekas

NIGHT SKY HIGHLIGHTS

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY RAKU INOUE

Pretty bugs? These insects actually aren’t insects at all: They’re flowers, sticks, leaves, intricately designed to resemble stag beetles (left), horn beetles (right), butterflies, and more—and the artist’s work is beautiful.

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HOW DID THE BAGEL BEGIN?

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Sesame street: Toasted everything bagel with a lil’ bit of cream cheese from this hole-in-the-wall deli down the street, made fresh daily—that’s how some of America’s 202 million bagel eaters like it. But how did these staple Jewish American breads originate?

CREAM CHEESE OR BUTTER?

Today’s soundtrack: Therapy, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens

Correction: In yesterday’s newsletter, a photo used with our blurb on saving the native Hawaiian language contained an unrelated image. Please read the whole story here.

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