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Explore the European Space Agencys ExoMars mission in more detail, from the Gas Trace Orbiter to the Rosalind Franklin Martian rover.

Image: ganjalex (Shutterstock) In a new study this week, researchers describe their work with experimental compounds that could offer the mental health benefits of a psychedelic drug, without causing people to trip out. Their early research, so far only conducted in mice, might someday provide people with more first-line treatments for illnesses like depression. Advertisement Psychedelics are currently being looked at as possible treatments for mental illness. There are now ongoing clinical tri...

A former Arlington doctor was recently sentenced to three years in prison after a Virginia jury found him guilty of fetal murder. According to the court documents, Sikander Imran slipped an abortion pill inside his girlfriend’s tea to induce labor. Arlington Doctor Could Be Deported To Pakistan Brooke Fiske, the woman romantically involved with Imran told her story to a local … [Read more...]