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Spice (Synthetic Marijuana) Withdrawal Symptoms More Severe Than Cannabis

Lead image: The new study looked at withdrawal symptoms people experienced from the drug ‘Spice,’ which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis. New research from the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath highlights challenges for people trying to give up the drug ‘Spice.’ Research published on September 17, 2021, by psychologists at the University of Bath suggests that ‘Spice’ – which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis – is more harmful than cannabis and that users are likely to experience more severe withdrawal symptoms when attempting…

Groundbreaking Bacteria-Killing Viruses Unite With Antibiotics To Fight Devastating Bacteria Infections

Lead image: Zebrafish infected with fluorescent bacteria, Mycobacterium abscessus, shown in red. Credit: Dr. Matt Johansen and the Kremer Lab Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, is responsible for particularly severe damage to human lungs and can be resistant to many standard antibiotics, making infections extremely challenging to treat. However, there is hope. Bacteria are vulnerable to naturally occurring viruses, called bacteriophages; for every species of bacteria, there is a unique bacteriophage that will destroy it. Scientists are testing new therapies that combine bacteriophages with the antibiotics that we currently use, to treat antibiotic-resistant…

What you need to know before buying Bluetooth headphones

Each headphone maker hastens to get a pair on the market, and those producers that are unwilling to offer a product buy generically and add their name to ensure that they don’t miss the boat. All Bluetooth headphones are not equal, though. There are some pretty amazing things and some extremely terrible ones. You can definitely avoid the worst models on the market when you choose the pair and perhaps end up with something worth it. Wireless headphones are something we use every day on the road or during exercise, so if you like listening to music, audiobooks or binge-watching,…

Spaceflight Inc. Announces First Lunar and GEO Rideshare Mission: “GEO Pathfinder”

Spaceflight Inc has announced “GEO Pathfinder,” a rideshare mission to geostationary orbit that will use a lunar flyby. The mission will use a Sherpa EScape (Sherpa-ES) transfer vehicle, launched as a secondary payload with Intuitive Machines‘ IM-2 mission to the moon. The flight is scheduled for no earlier than Q4 2022 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Onboard Sherpa-ES will be a payload from GeoJump, a smallsat geostationary rideshare company, which will include an in-space fueling payload from Orbit Fab. “This mission will demonstrate our complete mission toolbox and ability to execute complex, groundbreaking, and exciting missions beyond LEO,” said…

Exquisitely Preserved Fossils Show What the Ancestral Brains of Arthropods Looked Like 500 Million Years Ago

Lead image: An artist’s depiction of a Kaili Leanchoilia showing its long scissor-like appendages situated behind sideward eyes on stubby stalks. Fourteen pairs of appendages likely served a double role – providing the animal with oxygen and allowing it to move about. Credit: Nicholas Strausfeld Rare fossils preserving the brains of creatures living more than half a billion years ago shed new light on the evolution of arthropods. Exquisitely preserved fossils left behind by creatures living more than half a billion years ago reveal in great detail identical structures that researchers have long hypothesized must have contributed to the archetypal…