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Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
Million Stories
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Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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Our society is in a mental health crisis. Are psychedelics the way out?
In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.
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The real risks of psychedelics, explained by a Johns Hopkins expert.
The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
The cannabis plant produces both THC – the psychoactive component in marijuana – and the compound commonly known as CBD, which does not lead to a "high."
It's perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
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Psychedelic medicines are surging in popularity. Here’s how they work.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
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What the ‘decade of the brain’ taught us about drug addiction. (Hint, we had it all wrong before.)
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
The "Mind After Midnight" hypothesis aims to explain why night owls tend to suffer more negative health outcomes.
"This fourth wave will be worse than it’s ever been before."
Long thought incapable of regenerating, we now know that brain cells can grow and reorganize. That, it turns out, is a mixed blessing.
Myrkl (pronounced "miracle") is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.
We know sleep is more important than aimlessly scrolling on social media or checking our email for the 50th time. So, why do we do it?
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
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The US reduced smoking rates from 50% to 15% with a simple habit hack.
John Templeton Foundation
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
To reap the benefits of digital technologies, we must contend with their addictive designs.
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.