5 Ways Mushroom Mycelium Will Change the World

Quick answer: Mushroom mycelium is being used to create five world-changing materials: building materials and packaging (mycomposites and mycobricks), vegan leather, meat alternatives, electronics components, and paper. These mycomaterials replace destructive, resource-extractive industries with biodegradable, circular-economy alternatives. Companies like Ecovative and Mylo are already bringing them to market — and you can support the shift […]

Five Psychedelic Books You Need to Read

Quick answer: The five essential psychedelic books to read are Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind, Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, Stanislav Grof’s LSD: Doorway to the Numinous, Terence McKenna’s Food of the Gods, and Julian Vayne’s Getting Higher. Together they cover the history, science, therapeutic use, and ceremonial practice of psychedelics — […]

Soxhlet Extractor: Old Equipment, New Technique

Quick answer: A Soxhlet extractor is a piece of lab glassware, invented in 1879, that repeatedly cycles a heated solvent through dried mushrooms to make highly concentrated medicinal extracts. Because it is a closed system, it can safely heat high-proof alcohol to capture water-insoluble compounds like triterpenes and fatty acids. This guest post by Sam […]