Yale University

A new study finds that President Donald Trump's tariff policies are landing hardest on the nation's poorest households, with the bottom income decile bearing the brunt of the economic fallout. What Happened: On Sunday, Yale University’s The Budget Lab, a non-partisan policy research center,...

A group of Yale University alumni publicly appealed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, urging him to reevaluate his position within the Donald Trump administration. What Happened: An open letter dated Wednesday, signed by 140 Yale Class of 1984 alumni, alleged that the Trump administration is...

Yale University and Transcend Therapeutics, a rapid-acting psychedelic therapies developer, received a three-year collaborative grant from the U.S. Dept. of Defense (DoD) for a total of $1 million to support their preclinical research on methylone.  The research will assess Transcend...

Canadian-based psychedelics biopharma company Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCQB: AGNPF) has signed an investigator-initiated clinical trial agreement with Yale University -a recurring type of alliance within the psychedelics space- for the study of multiple intravenous (IV) doses of DMT for the...

According to a scientific study published Wednesday in Nature, a group of computational biologists might have found therapeutic potential in a handful of LSD-adjacent molecules. They generated 3D iterations of more than 75 million related molecules that don’t actually exist but could,...

Russian officials, particularly President Vladamir Putin, have said that the economy is holding up, despite strong sanctions from the U.S. and European countries. But some leading economists said that is not the case.  According to a report from CNBC, sanctions imposed on Russia...

Shiba Inu’s (CRYPTO: SHIB) decentralized exchange (DEX) ShibaSwap now ranks first on CertiK’s security leaderboard. What Happened: In an announcement on Wednesday, CertiK revealed that ShibaSwap received a Skynet Security Score of 93/100. #Shiba has taken the #1 spot on the Security...

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital finance trends. That’s according to Allison Beer, the head of Chase Digital, JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (NYSE: JPM) digital banking and innovation arm. Over her career in financial services at American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), in...

Yale School of Medicine and medical marijuana provider CT Pharma has obtained approval from the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a human study on the effectiveness of marijuana-based medicine. The lead researcher behind the clinical trial is Dr. Rajita Sinha.  “How does it work,...

Robert Shiller, a Nobel Prize in Economics recipient and the Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, joined ARK Invest CEO Catherine Wood in a discussion this week about the embrace of disruptive technology in today's narrative-driven economy at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in...

“Wonder Women Of Weed” is a show co-hosted by Javier Hasse and Adelia Carrillo, featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. #WWoW is brought to you by a collaborative effort that includes Benzinga, Industry Power Women and Direct Cannabis...

While reporting for a book on the cannabis business I recently finished writing, I realized many people don't differentiate smoking weed from using cannabis. “Isn’t it the same?” is the question I was asked far too often. The answer: certainly not. Smoking is just one of many...

A larger-than-life team of academic "superheroes" are delving deep into the treasure trove that is Item 15087. These archaeologists, astronomers and historians have spent the last decade on this quest, slowly deciphering the secrets Item 15087, also called the "Antikythera Mechanism," holds. Over 2...