Psilocybin Science & News
Stay up to date with psilocybin research and psychedelic science. Here you’ll find easy-to-read explainers, study breakdowns, and news on therapy, safety, and new discoveries around magic mushrooms.
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Psilocybin palliative care microdosing is emerging as one of the most promising areas in psychedelic medicine. A 2026 Canadian clinical trial showed that 69% of patients with serious incurable illness responded to a…
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A new study published in Nature Communications (May 2026) found that a single dose of psilocybin — the active compound in magic mushrooms and magic truffles — causes lasting psilocybin brain changes that are still…
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Why do magic mushrooms cause hallucinations? A 2026 neuroscience study finally has the answer — and it's as poetic as it is precise. Your brain doesn't invent hallucinations from nothing. It turns off incoming reality…
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Psilocybin Cluster Headache: Research, Trials & Relief
April 27, 2026Psilocybin cluster headache treatment sounds radical. But for more than two decades, people with cluster headache — widely regarded as the most painful condition known to medicine — have been quietly using magic…
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In January 2025, a landmark ruling made magic mushrooms India legal news worldwide. The Kerala High Court decided that psilocybin-containing fungi are not a scheduled narcotic or psychotropic substance under India's…
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In this article: Lanmaoa asiatica is a wild mushroom from Yunnan, China, that causes one of the strangest hallucinations ever documented — vivid, lifelike visions of tiny people, just 2 cm tall, marching, dancing, and…
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Trump's Psychedelics Executive Order: What It Means for Magic Mushrooms and Mental Health (2026)
April 21, 2026In this article: On April 18, 2026, President Trump signed a landmark psychedelics executive order directing the FDA, DEA, and VA to fast-track research and access for psychedelic treatments — including psilocybin and…
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Since January 1, 2026, the Czech Republic allows Czech Republic psilocybin therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Psychiatrists can now prescribe synthetic psilocybin under strict clinical conditions.…
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In this article: In April 2026, the largest psychedelic brain study ever published appeared in Nature Medicine. Researchers from five countries scanned more than 500 brain sessions. They found that psilocybin, LSD,…
