In November 1956, three people gathered in a converted Connecticut barn to take LSD, a powerful psychedelic drug that was legal at the time. The children had just been put to bed upstairs. In the ...

On Dec. 21, 1967 — the winter solstice, when the sun’s annual perambulations through the zodiac had reached their most southerly point — light was dimming on the Summer of Love. In an unassuming pad ...

"Do not do LSD, children," Josh Brolin said on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' before adding, "It was the greatest thing I ever did" Josh Brolin's first taste of psychedelic drugs came early. During his Thursday ...

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD — without the trip. It's time ...

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney is among the most prolific filmmakers working, and tomorrow he unveils his sixth film since the start of 2010, "Magic Trip," co-directed by longtime ...

For decades, LSD has been associated with vivid hallucinations and counterculture movements. But now, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a way to tweak this powerful ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by two people from the show, Rachel Carlson and Emily Kwong. Hey to both of you. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi.