https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/the-default-mode-network-in-plain-english 2026-07-30T13:30:01+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/default-mode-network.jpg?v=1785414601 The default mode network, in plain English An anatomical cross-section of a head, the brain drawn as a dense tangle of looping threads with a few coming loose https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/phase-iii-finally-what-the-latest-trial-readout-means 2026-07-30T13:30:08+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/phase-3.jpg?v=1785414608 Phase 3, finally: what the readouts actually say An engraved apothecary balance scale weighing three mushrooms against a stack of paper, tipping slightly toward the mushrooms https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/set-and-setting-isnt-woo-its-protocol 2026-07-30T13:30:16+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/set-and-setting.jpg?v=1785414616 Set and setting isn't woo, it's protocol An engraved drawing of a calm, empty session room: an armchair with a blanket and headphones, a lamp, and two chairs facing it https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/neuroplasticity-the-most-over-used-word-in-the-field 2026-07-30T13:30:23+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/neuroplasticity.jpg?v=1785414623 Neuroplasticity, the most over-used word in the field A neuron drawn as a botanical specimen with new buds sprouting at its branch tips, beside a fainter sparser version of itself https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/where-the-10-percent-actually-goes 2026-07-30T13:30:29+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/ten-percent.jpg?v=1785414629 Where the 10% actually goes Ten engraved seeds in a row, the last one germinated into a mushroom with a fine root system below https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/microdosing-the-evidence-minus-the-hype 2026-07-30T13:30:36+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/microdosing.jpg?v=1785414636 Microdosing: the evidence, minus the hype Two identical plain capsules side by side, framed by faint patent-medicine sunburst flourishes https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/ego-dissolution-and-why-it-isnt-scary-on-paper 2026-07-30T13:30:44+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/ego-dissolution.jpg?v=1785414644 Ego dissolution, and why it isn't scary on paper A seated figure in outline whose upper edge dissolves into a field of fine dots and small stars https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/what-remission-actually-meant 2026-08-15T00:30:09+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/trd-hero.jpg?v=1786750209 What “remission” actually meant in the psilocybin depression trials A single dried psilocybe mushroom on a bone-white surface, lit hard from one side casting a long shadow https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/psilocybin-versus-nicotine-patches 2026-08-15T15:23:20+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/smoking-hero.jpg?v=1786803800 A single dose beat nicotine patches, and the caveats matter Overhead still life: a crushed cigarette packet and two stubbed-out cigarettes on the left, three dried psilocybe mushrooms in a row on the right https://stemandcap.co/blogs/journal/the-wood-wide-web-and-the-evidence 2026-08-14T23:56:10+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1087/1524/5906/articles/wood-wide-web.jpg?v=1786748170 The wood wide web, and the evidence that never caught up Three popular claims about fungal networks in forests, each marked as not sufficiently supported or having no published evidence