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The New Era of Psychedelics: Learning and Integrating (Brains Byte Back Podcast)

In today’s episode, fellow Brains Byte Back host Mags Tanev joins me to conclude her series The...

June 15, 2020 Sam Brake Guia

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The transformative power of psilocybin on the Brains Byte Back podcast

In this final installment of The New Era of Psychedelics, exploring scientific research, therapies,...

June 8, 2020 Sam Brake Guia

Science

What is Microdosing? — clinical biologist weighs in on the Brains Byte Back podcast

Mags Tanev, our co-host here at Brains Byte Back, brings the second installment of her series The...

May 28, 2020 Sam Brake Guia

Science

Psychedelics reconnect the brain’s motherboard, help patients restore cognitive abilities: leading expert on mood disorders

One of world's leading experts on mood disorders tells The Sociable how psychedelic treatments act...

May 19, 2020 Tim Hinchliffe

Science Technology

Biotech startup wants to make new short-acting psychedelic drugs more scalable & accessible

As the mental health benefits of the magic mushroom-derived drug psilocybin become more mainstream,...

April 24, 2020 Tim Hinchliffe

Technology

Magic mushrooms as a cyberdelic technology for hacking consciousness

Magic mushrooms are like a technology for hacking consciousness that connect users to a web of...

February 26, 2020 Tim Hinchliffe

Web

Why DARPA should pay attention to psychonaut, mycologist Stamets on JRE: video

DARPA wants the healing benefits of psychedelics, but without the hallucinations. Psychonaut Paul...

November 28, 2019 Tim Hinchliffe

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Science

DARPA wants benefits of psychedelics but without hallucinations

Since the Pentagon doesn't want its soldiers tripping in their tents, DARPA wants to develop a drug...

September 12, 2019 Tim Hinchliffe

Web

Microsoft Predicts Terence McKenna’s Cyberdelic Vision of Virtual Reality

A researcher from Microsoft predicts that Virtual Reality will become psychedelic in the next 10...

December 7, 2016 Tim Hinchliffe

Science

Researching ‘shrooms’: The magic tripping dose, mystical experiences and the tech community

Johns Hopkins reveals the most beneficial dose for the active ingredient in magic mushrooms for...

March 10, 2016 Tim Hinchliffe

Technology

Terence Mckenna’s ‘cyberdelic’ predictions for Virtual Reality 25 years on

Famed psychonaut Terence Mckenna envisioned a very radical approach of bridging psychedelics with...

February 21, 2016 Tim Hinchliffe

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Brains Byte Back

Brains Byte Back interviews startups, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. We explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity. If you’re interested in ideas that push the needle, and future-proofing yourself for the new information age, join us every other Friday. Brains Byte Back guests include founders, CEOs, and other influential individuals making a big difference in society, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.

In our modern world of fake news and misinformation, it can be hard to know whether the news story you are reading is real or propaganda designed to influence your opinion. However, thanks to AI we are now close to identifying how trustworthy the news in front of us really is.

To discuss this, we are joined by Garry Paxinos, CTO at NetTalk, an easy-to-setup and use, lowest cost voice over IP (VoIP) home phone service.

In addition to the work NetTALK is doing, Garry also discusses an app he has helped build called NOOZ.AI, an AI-driven news aggregator that analyzes the news using natural language processing and machine learning to empower readers to uncover bias.

In this episode, we cover: