5-MeO-DMT is a potent and fast-acting psychedelic, which is naturally produced by the Sonoran Desert toad as well as some species of plants. Its short duration –from 20 minutes to one hour– is giving ...

Across hundreds of reported near–death experiences, people see the same things with staggering consistency. Now, scientists have discovered that these brushes with death share a surprising similarity ...

The authors of a recent study (Timmermann et al., 2018) argue that what people experience under the influence of DMT provides a model of what people undergo during near-death experiences. Although ...

Trippy things happen in the brain after drinking psychedelic tea. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The active ingredient DMT in ...

A new study from Imperial College London has found significant overlap between the experiences reported by subjects who have had near-death experiences, and volunteers administered with a powerful ...

Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical activity. Scientists have peered inside the brain to show ...

Scientists have investigated the effects of one of the most powerful psychedelic substances known to man—and they found that it induces a state in the human brain akin to a vivid "waking-dream." DMT, ...

There’s no universally accepted definition of a near-death experience, but those who have come close to dying say that Hollywood’s depictions aren’t too far off. Nearly dying usually involves travel ...

What happens when you die? As she lay blindfolded in a seat in a dimly lit room, Anna* came close to finding out. But Anna wasn't dying, or even close to death, when she entered what she described as ...