‘Plasticity’: Can psilocybin support healthy aging by transforming the brains of older adults?

‘Plasticity’: Can psilocybin support healthy aging by transforming the brains of older adults?

Kara Manke | UC Berkeley News |
The study, known as PLASTICITY (Psychedelic Longitudinal Aging Study In Cognitively Healthy Older Adults), is the first psychedelic neuroimaging study specifically ...
The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

Lila Thulin | UC Berkeley News |
Vaccine policy made national headlines last week when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine guidance committee met and ...
Human’s ability to digest carbs evolved as we went from hunter-gatherers to farmers

Human’s ability to digest carbs evolved as we went from hunter-gatherers to farmers

Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley News |
Scientists have long suspected that humans’ ability to digest starch may have increased after our ancestors transitioned from a hunter-gatherer ...