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MIT Science Writing @MIT_Sciwrite · Mar 18, 2025, Mar 18, 2025, 7:24 PM A new study explores psychedelics in active duty soldiers. @NoahDaly15 reports for @MilitaryTimes: militarytimes.com/news/your-mili… www.militarytimes.com DOD commits $9.8 million to study psychedelics for active-duty troops During one study, physicians at Walter Reed plan to give the psychedelic drug MDMA to active-duty soldiers with mild to moderate PTSD.
MIT Science Writing @MIT_Sciwrite · Mar 12, 2025, Mar 12, 2025, 5:39 PM Danish schoolchildren helped scientists discover 9 new species of tardigrade. @PaulaRowinska, '25, has the story for @SmithsonianMag smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… www.smithsonianmag.com Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 participants
MIT Science Writing @MIT_Sciwrite · Mar 5, 2025, Mar 5, 2025, 2:55 AM Elizabeth Quill, '07, dives into the wonderfully weird world of ancient black holes for Science News Explores:snexplores.org/article/ancien… www.snexplores.org Ancient black holes might solve the mystery of dark matter Studies of gravitational waves, stars and other features of the universe could reveal whether such “primordial” black holes exist.