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☆ These executives say psychedelics like LSD and MDMA made them better managers — and transformed how they think about fulfilling work
  + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
Siskind is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs and executives seeking out psychedelics — including LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and MDMA — for work-related inspiration and guidance. AdvertisementA Manhattan psychedelic sound bathSarah Rose Siskind says one year after her psychedelic-induced revelation, work is going better than ever. When Siskind arrived at work on Monday, she called a staff meeting to share the company's new value-oriented direction. While Zillmer's breakthroughs came in Peru and with ayahuasca, these types of retreats for business professionals are popping up all over and with a variety of psychedelics. Beyond bottom linesThe location where Kiyumí Retreats will host a psychedelic retreat for business professionals later this year.
Persons: —, Sarah Rose Siskind, she'd, I'd, psychedelics, Steve Jobs, Mike Bryk, Siskind, David Luke, psychedelics Henrik Zillmer, Michael Costuros, Henrik Zillmer, Zillmer, It's, John Gilmore, Gilmore, Gül, Dölen, Isabel Wiessner, AirHelp, Kiyumí, Bennet Zelner, Zelner, they'd, John Allison, Allison Organizations: Service, Business, University of Greenwich, Sun Microsystems, University of California, Federal University of Rio, University of Maryland Locations: New York City, Silicon, Peru, Mexico, Noho, Manhattan, Bay, London, Berlin, Berkeley, Federal University of Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil, Netherlands, Brooklyn
☆ Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds
  + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In 2011, archaeologists in the Netherlands discovered an ancient pit filled with 86,000 animal bones at a Roman-Era farmstead near the city of Utrecht. It fell to Martijn van Haasteren, an archaeozoologist at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, to sort through them. Deep into the cataloging process, Mr. van Haasteren was cleaning the mud from yet another bone when something unexpected happened: Hundreds of black specks the size of poppy seeds came pouring out from one end. The specks turned out to be seeds of black henbane, a potently poisonous member of the nightshade family that can be medicinal or hallucinogenic depending on the dosage. The bone — hollowed-out and sealed with a tar plug — was an ancient stash pouch that had kept the seeds safe for some 1,900 years.
Persons: Martijn van Haasteren, van, specks Organizations: Cultural Heritage Agency of Locations: Netherlands, Utrecht
☆ Mammals With the Munchies: Curing Animals With Cannabis
  + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Dr. Quetzalli Hernández, the veterinarian in charge of Nidia’s care at a wildlife park in Mexico, was desperate. For help, Dr. Hernández reached out to Dr. Mish Castillo, the chief veterinary officer at ICAN Vets, a company engaging in veterinary cannabis education and research in Mexico. Calibrated by weight, the dose is one-tenth to one-fortieth of what Dr. Castillo gives to dogs or cats. The first sign that the treatment was effective was when Nidia developed a serious case of the munchies. “She was always known as the grumpy one — she used to kick doors,” Dr. Castillo said.
Persons: Nidia, Quetzalli Hernández, Hernández, Mish Castillo, Castillo, Dr Organizations: ICAN Vets, “ Locations: Mexico
☆ Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space
  + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The southern white rhinos, thought to be the largest single population of their kind, were put up for auction in April with a starting price of $10 million. But the conservation group African Parks announced this month that it had reached a deal to take over the herd. “We felt we had a moral obligation to step in,” Peter Fearnhead, the group’s co-founder and chief executive, said. The 30-square-mile farm, Platinum Rhino, about 100 miles southwest of Johannesburg, was set up in 2009 by John Hume, a businessman originally from Zimbabwe. Mr. Hume has said that he created the farm because he wanted to help rhinos by building up their numbers.
Persons: ” Peter Fearnhead, John Hume, Hume Organizations: African Parks, Rhino Locations: South Africa, Johannesburg, Zimbabwe
☆ MDMA Therapy Inches Closer to Approval
  + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
MDMA-assisted therapy seems to be effective in reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study published on Thursday. The research is the final trial conducted by MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, a company that is developing prescription psychedelics. It plans to submit the results to the Food and Drug Administration as part of an application for approval to market MDMA, the psychedelic drug, as a treatment for PTSD, when paired with talk therapy. If approved, “MDMA-assisted therapy would be the first novel treatment for PTSD in over two decades,” said Berra Yazar-Klosinski, the senior author of the study, which was published in Nature Medicine, and the chief scientific officer at the company. “PTSD patients can feel some hope.”PTSD affects about 5 percent of the adult population of the United States each year.
Persons: ”, Berra Yazar, Stephen Xenakis Organizations: Public, Corporation, Food and Drug Administration, Nature Medicine, Psychedelic Practitioners Association Locations: United States
☆ How a Record-Setting Giant Fish Could Help Save Its Home River
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Researchers may have solved a big mystery surrounding a very big fish. Around the world, freshwater fish are in trouble. The fish, a female, weighed 661 pounds, or about 300 kilograms, and set a record for the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught. The discovery was surprising because the species, known as the giant freshwater stingray, like many of the other big fish of the Mekong, is listed as endangered. “It’s a shock and also opens the door to so many questions.”Nearly a third of freshwater fish worldwide are threatened with extinction.
Persons: Moby Dick, ”, Zeb Hogan, “ Organizations: University of Nevada Locations: Reno
☆ Rhinos’ Horns Were Cut to Thwart Poachers. After, They Didn’t Go Out Much.
  + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Rhinos that have been stripped of their main armament, their horn, seem to feel more vulnerable, Ms. Duthé said. This vulnerability is exhibited through their diminished appetite for exploring and for engaging in conflict with other rhinos. They blindfold the animal and insert earplugs, then use a chain saw to cut off the top of its horn, but only the section that does not contain nerves. Like fingernails, rhino horns grow back with time and animals are usually dehorned once every 18 months. Despite the prevalence of this practice, researchers did not know until now what effects, if any, dehorning had on rhino behavior and survival.
Persons: Duthé, Dehorning, dehorning Organizations: Rhinos Locations: dehorning, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia
☆ Why Do Apes Like to Spin? Maybe for the Same Reasons as People.
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Rachel Nuwer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In 2011, a gorilla named Zola gained internet fame when the Calgary Zoo posted a video that showed him spinning in circles on his knuckles and heels with what appeared to be a huge grin on his face. Humans’ love of spinning around in circles, especially during childhood, is evidenced by the enduring popularity of playground merry-go-rounds, revolving fun park rides and the irresistible draw of somersaulting down a hill. But new research suggests that humans are not alone in their pursuit of spin-induced buzzes. According to findings published last month in the journal Primates, other great ape species also seem to regularly enjoy stimulating their senses through spinning, possibly even in pursuit of altered mental states. “So it’s really cool to find that other primates do this, too, and that they seem to do it for the same reason that children do: because it’s fun and exhilarating.”
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