We all have particular experiences or particular things -- a favorite song, for example -- that mean much more to us than others. Now, researchers who've studied how perceptions of meaning change when ...

New research out of Switzerland used LSD to uncover how exactly the brain attributes emotional meaning to different aspects of life. Their findings have important implications for psychiatric ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Psychedelic drugs should be reclassified to encourage new research into their medical applications, a ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin (the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms”) and mescaline are three of the most widely studied classic psychedelics. Each has a long history of ...

A university student has discovered an elusive fungus that produces chemicals with similar effects to the psychedelic drug LSD. Corinne Hazel, an environmental microbiology major at West Virginia ...

Mixing LSD — or any other drug for that matter — with alcohol is never recommended. That said, LSD and alcohol aren’t necessarily a life-threatening combo as long as you steer clear of heavy doses of ...

Your brain on LSD is kind of like jazz improvisation. That’s according to Selen Atasoy, a research fellow at the Center for Brain and Cognition at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. She was among ...

Mike Jay contemplates the chemical legacy of Albert Hofmann, who first synthesized LSD 75 years ago. Albert Hofmann never had a rational explanation for his discovery of the effects of lysergic acid ...

‘People have been looking for this fungus for years, and one day, I look in the right place, and there it is.’ By Laura Baisas Published Jun 3, 2025 10:38 AM EDT ...