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A massive explosion of ammunition triggering a giant mushroom cloud today hit Engels-2, home of a military airport for Russia’s nuclear strategic bomber aircraft.Ammunition warehouses crammed with suspected missiles and a military-linked aviation fuel oil facility were hit and ablaze in the Ukrainian blitzkrieg, and there was damage to a hospital from falling drone debris…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. When you might start speaking to robots Last week, Google made a somewhat surprising announcement. It launched a version of its AI model, Gemini, that can do things not just in the digital…
In The Fourth Trimester, we ask parents: What meal nourished you after welcoming your baby? This month it’s saucy stir-fried mushrooms from author Daniel Lavery.A few years ago the three of us—Lily, Grace, and self—decided to have a baby together. Lily introduced the idea to the floor, Grace and I unanimously seconded the motion, and…
Nothing should ever get in the way of you making this weeknight-friendly mushroom stir-fry. It’s a real “stone soup” arrangement—meaning if you’re missing an ingredient, there’s probably something in your house you can swap in and it will still be good. (Yes, even the mushrooms.) I like using a mix of shiitake, trumpet, and oyster…
Atari and Llamasoft have announced that I, Robot will be coming to Switch on 17th April 2025. Following on from the pair’s previous retro reimagining Akka Arrh, I, Robot is a psychedelic update of a classic 1984 arcade shooter. Renowned and celebrated for being the first commercially produced arcade game rendered in , flat-shaded, real-time,…
New Age International Inc. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling all lots of its Daily Veggies brand Enoki Mushroom (200g), Product of Korea, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers, particularly young children, frail or elderly individuals, and those with weakened immune systems, run the risk of serious or life-threatening infections if they consume…
Prosecutor Senior Constable Kerrie Moroney told the court each participant consumed the mushroom tea consensually and with full knowledge of the effects.Rachael Dixon, 53, died shortly after ingesting a drink at a wellness centre in the town of Clunes, Victoria, Australia. During the ceremony, the court was told, mushrooms were weighed and distributed as a…
HEALTHMy Year of PsychedelicsSarah NapthaliAllen & Unwin, $34.99Sarah Napthali is not the first to write a tell-a-little-bit about experimentation with psychedelics. She even confesses that she keeps secrets, although not enough to actually keep them secret from the reader. We discover a lot, maybe too much, about Napthali’s (briefly) internal monologues.Napthali, a best-selling author with…
“Betrayal is only possible in the presence of love”. Image credit: ZA/UM Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM – or at least what remains of it after a fractious few years of mudslinging, firings, and lawsuits – has announced its next game: a dice-rolling blend of psychedelic sci-fi and espionage thriller it’s calling C4. C4 casts players…
Innovative trial designs aim to separate participant expectations from drug effects…