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Amanita muscaria — also known as fly agaric — is attracting more interest, but those familiar with the mushroom caution it's a far cry from a psilocybin mushroom trip.

The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

Engineer Matt Gwin puts a piece of aerogel material inside a metal frame and ignites it. After a minute or two, the material is intact and only feels warm.

A material that's almost entirely air keeps EV fires from spreading

The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. A lab that creates the substance shares the technology behind it all.

Members of the New York police crime scene unit photograph bullets lying on the sidewalk as they investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Wednesday.

Who is Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO gunned down in New York?

Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, spent two decades at UnitedHealth Group before his shocking death. Tributes are pouring in from coworkers and public officials in his home state of Minnesota.

A sign reads "Nighthawk Trailhead" at the Black Mountain Open Space Park on June 24, 2024 in San Diego County, Calif.

Fierce heat wave bears down on San Diego area

The incoming hot spell prompted the NWS to issue excessive-heat warnings for the inland valleys, mountains and deserts of the county.

Nazan Rashidi, executive director of human rights group the Syria Campaign, in Berlin, Wednesday.

She fled during Assad's regime. Now this Syrian activist is considering going home

Germany hosts almost a million Syrians who fled war and dictatorship. The toppling of the Assad regime has raised questions for exiles about their next step.

Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard" at a Navy event.

'Fat Leonard' faces sentencing in Navy bribery case, 11 years after arrest in San Diego

Leonard Francis is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

The Eaton Fire destroyed more than 9,000 homes and buildings across Altadena and Pasadena. For many, the fire was unexpected and choices about what possessions to take while evacuating was rushed — or in some cases, not made at all.

The Eaton Fire forced them from their homes. Here's what residents took with them

Many residents in Altadena, Calif., evacuated not knowing it would be the last time they would see their homes standing. Their decisions about what possessions to take were rushed — or not made at all.

Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, center, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

'Give us what you stole from us,' Indigenous Australian senator yells at King Charles

Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.

A surveillance camera is seen at the 54th Street entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York on Thursday, where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot on Wednesday.

Internet sleuths are trying to solve the New York CEO killing

The public is racing to find evidence that might lead to the gunman who killed health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. When does crowdsourcing detective work help police, and when can it cause harm?

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is pictured in this photo, June 19, 2020.

High heat continues in San Diego County deserts, valleys

Extreme heat will continue in inland San Diego County this week, with highs potentially hitting 120 degrees Monday in some areas, forecasters said.

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