Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound that puts the “magic” in magic mushrooms. Ingest enough of a fungus like Psilocybe ...

“Magic mushrooms” are consumed recreationally and for medicinal purposes around the world. These fungi gained their fame as “magic” because they produce chemical compounds (called psilocybin and ...

Cucurbit downy mildew, caused by the obligate oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis, poses a persistent threat to production of cucumber, melon, squash and related crops worldwide. The pathogen ...

Imagine a severely depressed woman—let’s call her Amber—who just arrived at her therapist’s office. She is curious about receiving her first dose of psilocybin in a Phase 3 clinical study. Psilocybin ...

The origin of the most cultivated hallucinogenic mushroom in the world turns out to be much older than previously assumed. The discovery of a sister species in southern Africa overturns the narrative ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...