It's Official: Psychedelic Drugs Really Do Produce Higher State of Consciousness
The team administered the drugs to healthy volunteers, measuring their neuron activity post-dosage using magnetoencephalographic (MEG) scans. The scans revealed test subjects experienced more random...
Swedes Microchip Themselves, Become Guinea Pigs in Digital Dystopia
(updated 10:47 19.04.2017) Using today's cutting-edge technology, a microchip, which takes half a second to install, can be read from several decimeters' distance, and its contents...
Northern Ireland Talks Resume in Bid to Break Political Deadlock
Negotiations broke down before Easter after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein failed to agree to form a coalition in the Northern Ireland Executive, marking three months...
‘Long-Lost’ Finnish Art Masterpiece Found in Russian Museum
(updated 10:43 20.04.2017) The 1881 oil-painting by Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905), which Finns have long believed to be lost to history, was found in the city of Rybinsk in Yaroslavl Oblast....
US Installs Radiation Detector at Chisinau Airport in Moldova
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US officials working with the government of Moldova have completed the installation of a radiation detection system at Chisinau Airport in Moldova, the National Nuclear Security Administration...
Ukraine National Bank: We Never Promised to Protect International Investors
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Ukraine has never given any promises to protect foreign investors, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Valeria Gontareva said in remarks at the Atlantic Council. Gontareva...
UK, EU Should 'Come to Consensus' on Brexit, Then Consider EFTA...
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Dmitrieva — Media reports said earlier this month that EU officials were mulling a transition post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom with the...
Deja Vu? UK May Repeat US Election Turmoil in June
(updated 02:17 20.04.2017) As she announced the decision, the prime minister said she was seeking "unity" at Westminster, as talks on Brexit begin in earnest with the European Union....
Aye, Robot? Moral Dilemmas, Fears Spring Up From Increasing Automation
According to psychologist Svend Brinkmann, there is a real risk that science fiction will ultimately become reality and robots will end up taking over the world. "The...
Assange Jokingly Says Could Run in UK General Election
(updated 02:14 20.04.2017) MOSCOW (Sputnik) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has mockingly expressed willingness to run in the UK parliamentary election in June. "Since I am not...
US Air Force Denies Low Flying Jets Killed Horse
"The horses were galloping around fine at 12:30 p.m., at about 3:30 p.m. the low-flying planes were spotted in the area and at about 4:30 p.m. our pony was...
Macron Supports Strikes Against Alleged Chemical Weapon Storages in Syria
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — French independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron says he would favor targeted strikes against stockpiles of chemical weapons that allegedly remain in Syria, if he were...
