Simon Spichak

Simon Spichak has a master’s of science from the University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his studies and won a national competition called FameLab in 2020. Since then, he has been covering stories in science and tech. His writing has been published in Time Health, Futurism, Being Patient, The Debrief, Massive Science, Biospace, and elsewhere. He is the founder of a Canadian mental health company called Resolvve that provides therapy to students in high school and university.

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How Unmasked Staff Blew Up a Long COVID Study at Stanford

A long COVID clinical trial at Stanford Medicine is in chaos after participants felt unsafe because staff did not wear masks.

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‘The Last of Us’ Is Fiction—but Fungi Apocalypse Is Possible

Human-driven climate change is unleashi

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INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE

Why Science Is Still Discovering New Parts of the Human Body

Despite all our medical advancements, there’s still a lot we’re learning about our own anatomy.

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Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous People

A growing new industry around psychedelic therapy is utilizing biopiracy tactics to steal indigenous knowledge of new drugs.

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How the Debate Over Antidepressants Puts Millions in Danger

We still have no idea how these medications provide relief. But that doesn’t mean they don’t work, or that people should stop using them.

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