Two doses of psilocybin completed prevented debilitating neuropathy in mice. Plus, a new direction for ‘time’s arrow’ and this year’s fun and thought-provoking Ig Nobel prizes.

Study shows that psilocybin acts on nerves to prevent the painful condition called peripheral neuropathy.

The findings, which were made in mice, may offer a new way to prevent a common chemotherapy side effect that can last well beyond treatment