This important study shows that different forms and mixtures of cardenolide toxins in tropical milkweed, especially nitrogen- and sulfur-containing types, change how monarch caterpillars eat, grow, ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...

Throughout history, scientific progress has often come at a human cost. In some cases, that cost crossed into cruelty, deception, and abuse. These experiments were conducted by respected institutions, ...

By increasing neuroplasticity, psychedelics may both enhance creativity and be useful for treating a variety of psychiatric ...

In a chilling, secret 1964 exercise codenamed Operation Moneybags, soldiers at the UK military defense facility Porton Down ...

A new UBC Okanagan study found that people who microdose psychedelics feel better on the days they take them—but those boosts don't seem to last.

“The mind—that seven inches of in ner space between the root of the nose and the occiput— our prized possession; its study on every level is most important,” says Los Angeles Psychiatrist Sidney Cohen ...

A new UBC Okanagan study found that people who microdose psychedelics feel better on the days they take them-but those boosts don't seem to last.

Many beloved holiday movies share this one special effect: fake snow. We look at the history of fake snow and the technology behind crafting it has evolved.