Health
Common Pharmaceutical Drugs Don’t Work For Many People — Here’s What Researchers Think Is Happening
By Jyoti Madhusoodanan and Undark
Health
This Common Diabetes Drug Was Thought to Revolutionize Cancer — Here’s What Happened Instead
By Amber Dance and Knowable Magazine
Science
Is The DEA Reclassification For Marijuana Good For Science? A Drug Policy Expert Weighs In
By Chris Meyers and The Conversation
Health
The Truth About Using Psilocybin For Depression
By Johan Lundberg, Guusje Haver and The Conversation
Health
What Really Happens When You Try to Tan Away Your Acne
By Karl Lawrence, Wisam Alwan and The Conversation
Health
Psilocybin Helped People With This Common, Overlooked Mental Health Disorder
By Elana Spivack
Health
Pot Laws Are About To Change in 26 States — Here's What To Expect
By Boyoung Seo and The Conversation
Health
New Study Found Severe Mental Health Risks Linked to Common ADHD Meds
By Elana Spivack
Health
This Commonly Used Drug May Significantly Extend Fertility, According to A Novel Study
By Stéphane Berneau and The Conversation
Health
New Brain Scan Study Reveals How A Psychedelic Trip Looks In Real Time
By Lauren Leffer
Health
Lead, Arsenic, and Other Toxic Metals are Lurking in Commonly Purchased Tampons
By Lauren Leffer
Detox
Can You Really Build Up A Tolerance to Weed? Yes, And It Could Be A Good Thing
By Elana Spivack
Health
MDMA’s Future As A Treatment For PTSD Is In Question
By Elana Spivack
Science
The Promise — And Perils — Of 5-MeO-DMT
By Undark and Lourdes Medrano
Health
This Experimental Male Birth Control Works Even Better Than Expected
By Elana Spivack
Health
Are Fish Oil Supplements Too Good To Be True? Here's What a New Study Found
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health
A New Study Found This Molecule Is Linked to Less Anxiety While Stoned
By Elana Spivack
Health
Longest Clinical Trial Yet Of Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Reveals Significant Side Effects
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health
This Simple One-Shot Vaccine Could Protect Against a Host of Coronaviruses
By The Conversation and Rory Hills
Health
How Legalization Has Made Pot A Lot More Potent
By Ty Schepis and The Conversation
Health
LSD — Yes, LSD — Shows Promising Results For Treating Anxiety
By Colin Davidson and The Conversation
Health
Can Ozempic Actually Affect Fertility? Here’s What Two Experts Think Is Going On
By The Conversation, Robert Norman and Karin Hammarberg
Health
Will The Science For Psychedelic Drugs Ever Line Up With The Law?
By Ben Seal and Knowable Magazine
Health
Is Marijuana As Safe As We Think? Experts Reveal What's Still Largely Unknown
By Miriam Fauzia
Health
New Twin Study Reveals A Potential Brain-Gut Connection
By The Conversation and Mary Ni Lochlainn
Sweat science
Can You Sweat Out THC? The science behind exercise and weed
By Ali Pattillo
Health
The Quest for ‘Budget Ozempic’ Has Led to this Harmful TikTok Diet Trend
By The Conversation and Swrajit Sarkar
Health
Are Supplements FDA Approved? Inside the Wild West of Diet Pills and Protein Powder
By Emily Hemendinger, Katie Suleta and The Conversation
Health
A Cell Biologist Reveals the Forgotten Connection Between This Fat Byproduct and Longevity
By Eyleen Jorgelina O'Rourke and The Conversation
HORIZONS
Ketamine can treat depression — but teletherapy could make it accessible
By Nick Hilden
Patrick Radden Keefe interview: "They wanted permission to be able to market [OxyContin] to kids"
By Katie MacBride
Mind and Body
Does creatine make you stronger? How the supplement may boost athleticism
By Ali Pattillo
Longreads
66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today
By Katie MacBride
FEATURE
Male birth control is at our fingertips. Will we ever grasp it?
By Elana Spivack
“Aharon said it was healing:” How psychedelic therapy was undermined by abuse
By Katie MacBride
Codex
Covid-19 booster shot: Schedule, side-effects, concerns, and usefulness
By Nick Lucchesi, Sarah Sloat, Claire Cameron and John Wenz
Awkward Phase
Reggie Watts on his love of weed, Night Ranger, and 'The Breakfast Club'
By Jen Glennon
Future of You
Why the future of periods could be none at all
By Elana Spivack
Get your shots!
Flu vaccine: 7 hidden health benefits you need to know
By Jennifer Walter
Bad Booze
Early aging and more: 5 ways alcohol harms health
By Jennifer Walter
Mind and Body
Test your knowledge of CBD with this 5-question quiz
By JoAnna Wendel
Mind and Body
Weed & sex: Researchers find 2 positive effects on mental health
By Rod Knight and Natasha Parent
Don't trip
LSD-like drug may treat depression without the "trip" effect — mouse study
By Katie MacBride
Health
Exercise, Alcohol, and Drugs Can All Dramatically Rewire The Brain, Research Shows
By Karla Kaun and The Conversation
Good trip
A single dose of psilocybin may alleviate major depression for 12 weeks, study finds
By Katie MacBride
Health
Can Poppy Seeds Trigger a Positive Drug Test? An Addiction Specialist Has the Answer
By The Conversation and Gary Reisfield
Mind and Body
Immunosuppressant Provides Effective Male Birth Control (for Mice)
By Ben Guarino
A Trip Begins
Scientists uncover the molecular origins of an LSD trip
By Emma Betuel
Sunday Scaries
Does cannabis help with headaches? What scientists know so far
By Sarah Sloat
Detox
Should You Take Regular Breaks from Coffee? Two Caffeine Experts Reveal the Surprising Answer
By Elana Spivack