The authors of a recent study (Timmermann et al., 2018) argue that what people experience under the influence of DMT provides a model of what people undergo during near-death experiences. Although ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander contracted a rare case of bacterial meningitis. As the pathogen wracked his brain, causing it to swell and suffuse with pus, Alexander entered a deep coma. He was not ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Machine Elves, the entities reported during DMT experiences, have sparked a debate: are they interdimensional aliens, or just a bad trip? Let’s dive in. Machine Elves, coined by ethnobotanist Terence ...

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

DMT, a chemical found in ayhuasca, produces an intense roughly 20-minute trip if it's injected. Scientists say they newly understand how the drug acts on the brain from two types of imaging.

Researchers analyzed the similarities and differences between a near-death experience (NDE) while in a coma and the experience induced by a psychedelic drug. Despite the common themes that emerged, ...

Scientists have gleaned new insights into how psychedelics alter conscious experience via their action on brain activity. In a study at Imperial College London, detailed brain imaging data from 20 ...