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Two Magic Mushroom Studies Suggest Psychedelics Increase Spirituality, Decrease Criminal Behavior - Psychedelic Times
New research in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that psychedelics like LSD and magic mushrooms may make you less likely to steal or be violent.
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Seeking spirituality as Australia becomes less religious
Whether it's through meditation, yoga, or other alternative practices, Australians are adapting to meet their own spiritual needs outside of traditional religions. Located in the heart of Sydney's bustling CBD, Centred Meditation provides a space for workers to stop and meditate. For some, it's a chance to de-stress during their busy day, while others come looking for something more.
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French train stations now have vending machines that dispense free short stories
There’s nothing worse than having to wait for your train when you’ve forgotten your book, all the free papers have gone, or you just don’t feel like falling down the rabbit hole of the Internet via your smartphone. Which is why France’s idea to install free short story vending machines is genius. The idea was trialled a year ago in the country’s Grenoble train station, where it went down so well that they decided to roll it out across more stations.
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Fertility breakthrough: New research could extend egg health with age
Women have been told for years that if they don’t have children before their mid-30s, they may not be able to. But a new study from Princeton University’s Coleen Murphy has identified a drug that extends egg viability in worms, even when taken midway through the fertile window, which could theoretically extend women’s fertility by three to six years. Her work appears in the current issue of the journal Current Biology.
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A Simple Form of Spirituality Brings More Satisfaction Than Religion
Any number of world religions may claim to have the monopoly on enlightenment, but a study published Thursday in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality challenges the idea that being religious is the most consistent way to feel satisfied with life. The researchers behind the study argue that a better predictor of life satisfaction is a sense of oneness with the world — a mindset that people of all creeds can adopt.
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