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In the next decade, NASA\u2019s Artemis program will first orbit and then land on the lunar surface. What may seem like a rerun from the 1960s is designed to establish a more permanent human presence on the Moon. This will be used for both scientific and private aims, and it may serve as a stepping-stone to Mars. 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Despite this classification, a resurgence of research in approved labs has demonstrated therapeutic benefits of psychedelics for treatment of psychiatric disorders.\n\nOf note, a recent trial on the effects of MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) showed a reduction in the severity of patient symptoms compared with the placebo arm of the trial, providing hope for the future approval of MDMA for therapeutic use.\u00a0 The exciting findings from this study as well as and investigations into other psychedelics are instigating a paradigm shift for treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions, along with increased public interest and efforts to legalize psychedelics for medicinal use."},{"id":2255,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/making-stem-education-accessible-for-all\/","name":"making-stem-education-accessible-for-all","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/gsa_2021-02-23_main-image_istock-505018812-1024x683.jpg","alt":"Two young students participate in a simple science experiment."},"title":"Making STEM Education Accessible for All","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"Apr 26, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-04-26 14:51:19","modifiedDate":"2024-02-21 10:11:07","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-02-21 10:11:07","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/n-a\/' rel='blog-category'>N\/A<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/feature\/n-a\/' rel='feature'>N\/A<\/a>","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/events\/' rel='program-category'>Events<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/science-in-society\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Science in Society<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/stem-pathways\/' rel='scientific-theme'>STEM Pathways<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":16},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":16666,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/inside-the-quest-for-a-covid-19-vaccine\/","name":"inside-the-quest-for-a-covid-19-vaccine","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Inside the Quest for a COVID-19 Vaccine","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"Mar 30, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-03-30 15:39:50","modifiedDate":"2024-08-21 19:36:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-08-21 19:36:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/academy-reports\/' rel='program-category'>Academy Reports<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/events\/' rel='program-category'>Events<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/covid\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Covid<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/health-disease\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Health & Disease<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/science-in-society\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Science in Society<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":24,"sec":35},"status":"publish","excerpt":"When SARS-CoV-2\u2014the respiratory virus that causes COVID-19\u2014first emerged, most people did not anticipate that it would result in a global public health disaster. COVID-19 rapidly spread from person to person across all borders, bringing hospitals to the brink of collapse, causing a devastating loss of life, and shutting down global economies."}]