He’s got the magic in him. Biohacking mogul Bryan Johnson is known for his wild claims and wellness practices to age ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology sheds light on how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in certain mushrooms, may produce anti-depressant effects. Researchers suggest ...

A new “magic mushroom” compound may deliver psychedelic brain benefits without the trip.

New research suggests that psilocybin shifts the brain from a relaxed state into a highly engaged pattern of rapid electrical ...

Researchers develop 4e, a psilocin derivative that provides sustained serotonin activity without the hallucinogenic effects of magic mushrooms.

About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in a new study who took psilocybin often experienced headache, nausea, anxiety, dizziness and elevated blood pressure -- ...

A new study shows that natural mushroom extracts may be more therapeutically effective than synthesized psilocybin, which is widely used in research investigating the medicinal potential of the ...

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...