During the early Cold War, U.S.-backed forces in the Philippines carried out a psychological warfare campaign that exploited local vampire folklore to intimidate communist insurgents. While often referred to as a “CIA vampire operation,” the campaign relied on manipulating belief in the aswang, a vampire-like figure in Filipino folklore, rather…

Proponents for the use of ibogaine to treat severe mental illness, including veterans, received promising news recently with President Trump’s executive order opening the door for treatments through psychedelics. The measure prompts the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow more access to psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, which is derived…

More countries want to develop military spaceplanes and “bodyguard satellites,” like those of the United States and China, to protect orbital assets against growing threats, according to a new report.Last year alone, France’s direction générale de l’armement, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence, Japan’s Ministry of Defense, and the Indian Space…

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