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Illustration from Sam Harris's film: a mechanical brain releasing psychedelic colour waves

Psychedelics and Predictive Processing: Sam Harris Explained

Sam Harris on psychedelics and predictive processing: how REBUS, the entropic brain and Johns Hopkins research reveal how your mind builds reality.

Kratom Effects on the Brain: What Hamilton Morris Found

Hamilton Morris's VICE film tested kratom effects on the brain. Here's the pharmacology, the nucleus accumbens finding, and the real story behind the…

AZARIUS · How psilocybin and psilocin work on serotonin 2A receptors

Psilocybin and the Brain: What the Science Actually Shows

Psilocybin and the brain: how psilocin binds to serotonin 2A receptors, quiets the default mode network, and what the clinical research actually…

AZARIUS · The chemistry of cannabis combustion: what 900°C actually does to a cannabinoid

Cannabis Combustion Chemistry: What 900°C Does to THC

Cannabis combustion chemistry explained: how 900°C creates formaldehyde, benzene and CO from cannabinoids, and how vaporising and edibles avoid it.