Scientists have discovered that DMT, a natural compound found in plants and even the human brain, can dramatically reduce brain damage caused by stroke. The psychoactive molecule, long known for its ...

There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea.

Hallucinogenic compounds that activate multiple receptors, found in Colorado River toads, show “promising transdiagnostic therapeutic with rapid and lasting effects” for conditions such as depression ...

Psychedelics—frequently recognized as substances such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT—not only alter perception, mood, and cognition, but they often cause hallucinations. That said, they have also been ...

In Greek mythology, it was Charon, the scrawny ferryman, who paddled souls across the River Styx to the underworld. But the real-life ferryman transporting our human souls between the realms of the ...

Enveric Biosciences completed preclinical PK studies for EB-003, a DMT analog targeting depression and anxiety without hallucinations. Rat and dog studies confirmed the drug’s dose-proportional oral ...

To deter predators, the Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius) exudes the toxin 5-MeO-DMT from glands within its skin. While the substance puts off predators, people who consume 5-MeO-DMT can have a ...

More than 100 pounds of the street drug known as DMT was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Baltimore. Officials said the drugs were on their way to Harford County. The seizure ...

The ancient Greeks believed that when people die, their souls are transported across the River Styx and into the afterlife by Charon, the ferryman. This myth may have some truth to it as scientists ...