I'll make these properly filterable and searchable soon.
Muon tomography detection of a previously unknown large void (30+ meters long) above the Grand Gallery in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Evolutionary and cognitive implications of naledi behavior; argues intentional placement requires reassessing assumptions about brain size and symbolic cognition
Systematic methodological critique of Berger et al.'s burial and engraving claims, published in Journal of Human Evolution
Claims that Homo naledi deliberately buried its dead and made geometric engravings in the Rising Star Cave system
U-Th and paleomagnetism dating establishing Homo naledi at 335,000–236,000 years ago, contemporary with early Homo sapiens
Morphological description and classification of Homo naledi as a new hominin species from the Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star Cave, South Africa
FDA's Complete Response Letter declining approval of MDMA-assisted therapy, citing concerns about blinding methodology and expectancy effects. Authoritative regulatory decision on landmark psychedelic research.
Confirmatory Phase 3 trial replicating MAPP1 findings. 71.2% of participants no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria vs 47.6% placebo. Patients had average 16-year treatment-resistant PTSD history.
First Phase 3 randomized controlled trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD published in Nature Medicine. Landmark clinical psychiatry research with significant effect sizes.
Pew's 2025 Religious Landscape Study with 37,000 respondents documenting religiously unaffiliated Americans at 30%, doubled from 16% in 2007. Nationally representative large-sample survey.
Peer-reviewed study finding religious disaffiliation carries the worst mental health outcomes specifically for evangelical Protestants — not Catholics, not mainline Protestants. Published in Social Science Research.
2024 scoping review finding the peer-reviewed base for religious trauma still thin, with ten studies meeting inclusion criteria. Published in Religions (MDPI). Full citation pending confirmation.
PhD from Penn State who coined Religious Trauma Syndrome in 2011 to describe PTSD-adjacent symptoms from sustained high-control religious immersion. Not yet in DSM-5 but used descriptively by clinicians.
Investigative podcast documenting Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University institutional culture. Journalism source documenting evangelical institutional failure patterns.
Investigative podcast by Christianity Today documenting the rise and collapse of Mars Hill Church and Mark Driscoll's leadership. Journalism rather than academic source, but widely cited for institutional failure documentation.
