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What just dropped in the consciousness research, biohacking, and FOIA-document worlds — investigator's read.
Black Swan · Now · Week of May 1, 2026
/// FOIA
1,200 newly-declassified Stargate pages hit CIA CREST
The 2024-2025 declassification batch added 1,200 pages to the public Stargate archive — including the full McMoneagle mission dossier (451 missions, 117 flagged 'operationally significant'). The May & Marwaha 2025 meta-analysis in JSE found d=0.50 across 128 studies. We updated the article.
Stargate review (just refreshed)/// FDA
Lenire (bimodal stimulation) gains FDA breakthrough designation
Tinnitus was 'untreatable' for 30 years. The 2026 evidence base — Lenire FDA approval, vagal-tone protocols, neurofeedback — has changed the protocol stack. We have the breakdown.
Tinnitus 2026 evidence/// STUDY
2024 magnesium meta-analysis: d=−0.41 on sleep onset (34 RCTs)
A network meta-analysis published in Sleep Medicine Reviews aggregated 34 magnesium RCTs and found d=−0.41 effect size on sleep onset latency. The form matters more than the dose. We added it to the article.
Magnesium for sleep (refreshed)/// REPLICATION
Koksma & Linden 2025: 38-study meta-analysis on EEG-coherence between separated subjects (d=0.29)
Frontiers in Psychology published a meta-analysis of 38 studies on Grinberg-style EEG-coherence experiments. Effect size d=0.29 — small, but persistent across 38 independent labs. We updated the Grinberg file.
Jacobo Grinberg dossier (refreshed)/// SCHOLARSHIP
EFSA declines to extend magnesium sleep-specific health claim
The European Food Safety Authority's April 2026 ruling: existing evidence supports magnesium as a general muscle/nervous-system supplement but does not yet meet the threshold for a specific sleep claim. The bar is high. The data is mixed.