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Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On?

Research has soundly disproved the alleged connection, yet fears about vaccines continue to be a major risk to public health. 05.06.2009

Are Smart Drugs the Answer to Bad Moods—and a Bad Economy?

Today’s mind-altering chemicals can improve your memory, alertness, and mood. Just wait until you see what tomorrow’s crop can do. 04.02.2009

Could a Dose of Ether Contain the Secret to Consciousness?

Researchers may soon be able to measure consciousness as well as we can measure a person's temperature. 03.16.2009

Mind Control?

The CIA's experimentation with LSD led to disastrous results. 08.04.2008

Could an Acid Trip Cure Your OCD?

Researchers are again using mind-bending drugs as a means of treating mental disorders. 05.16.2008

From Haitian Zombie Poison to Inuit Knives Made of Feces

Wade Davis, a real-life Indiana Jones, chronicles cultures at the brink. 03.27.2008

The Good, the Bad, and the Tiny

The oddly oxymoronic effects of steroids on the human body 10.18.2007

Can a Drunk Person Fly the Space Shuttle?

Discover sends an intoxicated investigator to find out... 09.28.2007

Inside the Strange World of Sleep Eaters

Open wide for buttered cigarettes, Brillo pads, and lots of gooey junk food. 08.02.2007

This is Your Brain on Video Games

Gaming sharpens thinking, social skills, and perception. 07.09.2007

This Is Your Brain on Ecstasy

MDMA really is like love in a pill. 06.18.2007

Smoking and Ethnicity

Scientists try to pin down why African Americans are statistically less successful at quitting smoking. 07.07.2006

Italians Find Drugs in River Sewage

Italians Find Drugs in River Sewage 11.22.2005

Agony of Parkinson's Eased by Ecstasy?

Agony of Parkinson's Eased by Ecstasy? 11.22.2005

Vital Signs

Benign but irritating skin eruptions signal much more serious internal troubles 11.22.2005

54: R-Rated Films Tempt Teenagers to Smoke

01.03.2005

59: Your Brain on Meth: Forest Fire of Carnage

01.03.2005

The Biology of . . . Addiction

A controversial new drug seems to stop addiction cold 05.01.2003

Peyote on the Brain

Is the secret to alcoholism and other addictions locked up in hallucinogenic drugs? 02.01.2003

What You can learn from drunk monkeys

A remarkable NIH study says you're just as likely to become an alcoholic from a bad childhood as from bad genes 07.01.2002

Four hours' sleep last night, a glass of wine at the office party, an antihistamine for a stuffy nose, and here comes a car full of teens, head-on, drifting into your lane.(Be glad you're in the National Driving Simulator.) 04.01.2002

Sex, Drugs, and PMS

11.01.2001

Molecular Psychiatrist Eric Nestler It's a Hard Habit to Break

10.01.2001

Is Overeating an Addiction?

05.01.2001

Nic Fix Sticks Quick

04.01.2001

Getting Stupid

New research indicates that teenagers who drink too much may lose as much as 10 percent of their brainpower— the difference between passing and failing in school . . . and in life 03.01.2001