Jaden Smith says he took magic mushrooms as a young adult. Brain experts who study psychedelics warn that wasn't a good idea.

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Jaden Smith said his mother introduced him to magic mushrooms.

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How bricks, a screwdriver, and a 'demon core' of radioactive material killed 2 Manhattan Project scientists

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A recreation of the experiment shows how Louis Slotin used a screwdriver to hold open metallic half-spheres around the "demon core."

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An 'exceptional' Roman shipwreck was discovered with hundreds of intact 2,000-year-old jars off the coast of Italy

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The Italian Carabinieri discovered the remains of an Ancient Roman cargo ship full of terracotta jars, or "amphorae."

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Science advisors for 'Oppenheimer' say Christopher Nolan taught himself quantum physics so well that it made their jobs easy

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Christopher Nolan at an Oppenheimer premiere.

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How long it took to develop 13 vaccines in history

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A pharmacist prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies

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General morphology of P. kolymaensis, female.
General morphology of P. kolymaensis, female.

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Art conservation is a union of science and art. Here's the process behind restoring a 125-year-old painting.

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Varnish being removed from an old painting.

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OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation

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Guillermo Söhnlein (left), a cofounder of OceanGate Expeditions, has a plan to send 1,000 people to Venus' atmosphere by 2050.

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Scientists are racing to explore more of the ocean hoping to discover medical breakthroughs and address the climate crisis

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A marine research expedition in Antarctica.
A marine research expedition in Antarctica.

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NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform

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NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer. While the space agency already livestreams launches and other events on its website, NASA+ will feature not just live broadcasts, but also collections of original video series. A handful of the first shows on the platform will even be new titles launching with the service, and what's even better is that it will be free and will not be interrupting shows with ads.

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