The consumption of LSD, short for lysergic acid diethylamide, can produce altered states of consciousness. This can lead to a loss of boundaries between the self and the environment, as might occur in certain psychiatric illnesses. David Nutt, professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, leads a team of researchers who study how this psychedelic substance works in the brain.
The research is in Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. (full open access)
There’s a rebellious little planetoid that orbits the Sun in the opposite direction of all the major objects in the solar system. Nobody is sure how ‘Niku’ acquired such an orbit, but the data suggests that “there’s more going on in the outer solar system than we’re fully aware of,” including the possibility of another orbital plane. Source
Queen Elizabeth Hoping She Dies Before Having To Knight Any DJs
“God willing, I’ll pass away long before I’m ever called upon to bestow an honorary knighthood on Calvin Harris or Grooverider,” said the queen, adding that she would rather be entombed in the royal burial grounds than endure a ceremony in which she grants the highest honor in the British Empire to any club DJ in recognition of their contributions to dubstep, electro house, big beat, trip-hop, dance pop, or nu-funk.