Margaret Mead was among the most famous scientists of the 20 th century. Despite this, however, her role in the early history of psychedelic research has gone strangely unnoticed. With her ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Psychedelic psychotherapy is ...

Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that tells a remarkable story. “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of ...

Today, science may finally be able to help us understand why music has been obsessed with LSD for so long. In April, Imperial College London released a study showing the effects of LSD in the human ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic is in the vanguard of a new era of research into psychedelic medicine. The Clinic is the only Ohio site participating in a national study looking at whether LSD, ...

What began as a laboratory experiment turned into a cultural and scientific phenomenon. LSD influenced psychology, neuroscience, art, music, and the counterculture movement, leaving behind a legacy ...

In a 2017 article for The Guardian about the documentary Becoming Cary Grant, writer Xan Brooks noted one of the film’s more curious aspects: the way it highlighted an overlooked part of 20th century ...