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Mating, monogamy, and maximizing your sexual potential explained by 3 sex experts.
Is it genes or their special bond that drives identical twins to offend at similar rates?
Benjamin Breen on his greatest revelations while writing about the birth of psychedelic science.
6mins
The Osbournes was MTV’s biggest show – and it almost cost Jack Osbourne his life. Here’s how his family’s reality TV fame stole his childhood, and how he’s been able to heal since.
Unlikely Collaborators
6mins
You know Steve-O. Now meet Steve Glover, as the professional stuntman talks to us about pain, insecurity, and never finding contentment.
Unlikely Collaborators
5mins
The NFL icon talks overcoming a difficult childhood and what’s needed to succeed in a world where the cards are stacked against you.
Unlikely Collaborators
Legally smoking joints in city centers will require alertness and a keen sense of orientation — two things stoners are not known for.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
Can targeted interventions save Americans?
9mins
Spirituality declines, depression rises. Is there a link?
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
John Templeton Foundation
If cocaine affects sharks at all, it does so as an anesthetic, not as a stimulant.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
When done right, dark humor can help us face inconvenient truths and question stifling social conventions.
2hr 9mins
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.
A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.
Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.
Million Stories
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Expert Louise Perry discusses the idea of sexual disenchantment, the commodification of sex, and the impact of the online porn industry on society.
If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.
New research shows psychedelics activate receptors inside brain cells that other compounds, like serotonin, cannot.
8mins
Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
Risk-taking isn't inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
Million Stories
When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
Get the most out of your coffee.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.