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What is Ayahuasca and what are the psychoactive effects of this Amazonian drink: uses and risks

Ayahauasca is one traditional drink widespread among numerous indigenous communities of the Amazon. Prepared with Liana Banisteropsis Caapi and the leaves of Psychotria viridisis known for his psychoactive effects and for the ability to induce states of altered consciousness. In this literally means “liana of the spirits”: in the Amazonian society Its meaning goes beyond the pharmacological dimension: it was ...

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Fire more cold or warm water: that cold deceives the brain reducing the feeling of thirst

In the summer, when we are crossed under the hottest hours, the refreshing feeling to drink a glass of icy water It is priceless: we feel better immediately. On the contrary, a glass of warm water does not produce the same effect; At high temperatures more than water seems like a broth, I almost disturb us. Two different sensations: it ...

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How to produce non -alcoholic beer: here are the methods used

Image generated with AI. The market of non -alcoholic beer It is always growing, among people who cannot drink alcohol (like pregnant women), those who do not drink because they have to drive and those who simply prefer not to take alcohol without sacrificing the taste – more or less the same – of beer. In fact, a non -alcoholic ...

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Three statues from the ancient submerged city in Abukir’s bay re -emerge from the waters of Alexandria in Egypt

The three statues recovered in Abukir’s waters. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity of Egypt. On the occasion of an event dedicated to Archaeological heritage submerged in Egypton August 21, the country’s authorities made the recovery of Three large submerged statues in the waters of the Abukir bayclose to Alexandriawhich date back to two millennia ago, when the area had ...

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First full success for a flight from the Starship rocket: because this test is important for Spacex

The tenth Starship flight test. Credit: Spacex The tenth flight test rocket Starship of Spacex finally ended with a successafter two previous postponements due first to Technical problems to refueling systems and then to the bad weather conditions. Taken off by Starbasein Texas, at 18:30 on August 26 (local hours, 01:30 on 27 August in Italy), the prototype Starship Block ...

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There is no Portuguese caravel alarm in Italy: the statistics and the map of sightings

Every year a “alarm” emerges due to the presence of the Portuguese caravel (Physalia Physalis) in Italy and in Mediterraneanbut what is the real situation in our seas? Although in recent years they have been reported in Sicily (Strait of Messina and Coste of Catania), Sardinia And Ligurian Sea specimens of this body whose long tentacles cause burnsat the moment ...

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What is and how a haboob is formed, the storm of dust and sand that hit Arizona

An image of the Habooob that hit Arizona. Credit: Aaron Rigsby, via X. In Arizonain the United States, about 39,000 people remained without current due to a storm of dust and sand that hit the city of Phoenix. The National Weather Service (the US government agency that deals with weather forecasts) specified that it was a “haboob”, That is one ...

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Strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 off Kamchatka, there is no damage

Less than a month after the violent earthquake of magnitude 8.8 in Kamchatkathe peninsula at the eastern end of Russia was hit today by another violent earthquake of magnitude 6.0 (UGSG data) at hours 15:49 (Local time, in Italy 3:49) with a little epicenter off the coast. The shock recorded a hypocenter about 53.4 km of depth and, at the ...