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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  Stephen Fry Reads Nick Cave’s Stirring Letter About ChatGPT and Human Creativity: “We Are Fighting for the Very Soul of the World”

  openculture.com - Colin Marshall

  Observers have expressed a variety of reactions to the organizational drama unfolding even now at OpenAI, the non-profit behind the enormously …

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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  What was it like at the beginning of the Big Bang?

  bigthink.com - Ethan Siegel

  Looking out at our Universe today, we not only see a huge variety of stars and galaxies both nearby and far away, we also see a curious relationship: …

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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  Psychedelics improve mental health & cognition in Special Ops vets

  newatlas.com - By Paul McClure

  Researchers have found that treating Special Operations Forces veterans with two psychedelics improved their mental health symptoms and, …

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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  2023 was the year the US finally destroyed all of its chemical weapons

  Vox - Jen Kirby

  The world banned chemical weapons in 1997. Here’s why it took so long for the US to eliminate its arsenal. The United States’s Chemical Warfare Service readied hundreds of thousands of mortar shells and artillery rounds filled with mustard gas in the 1940s. During the Cold War, even more lethal …

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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  Single dose of psilocybin reduces depression in phase 2 trial

  freethink.com - Stephen Johnson

  Can psilocybin serve as a uniquely powerful and long-lasting treatment for depression? Since the renaissance of psychedelic research emerged in the …

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  The Big Island Reporter

  

  Medical Pioneer Henrietta Lacks Nominated for Congressional Gold Medal in Recognition of Revolutionary Contributions to Modern Medicine

  sacobserver.com - NNPA

  (NNPA) – Leaders from the Congressional Black Caucus, alongside the family of medical pioneer Henrietta Lacks, gathered in the nation’s capital to …