America’s Trippiest Chemist: Making Psychedelics ‘Was Fun’
For over 40 years, Dave Nichols had government license to make Schedule 1 drugs like LSD and DMT for research. Continue reading America’s Trippiest Chemist: Making Psychedelics ‘Was Fun’
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This Plugin Shows You What the Web Is Like Without Net Neutrality
This is the future conservative members of congress want. Continue reading This Plugin Shows You What the Web Is Like Without Net Neutrality
Unsafe Nuclear Waste Management May Put Eight Million Americans at Risk
Experts say the nuclear industry and Congress have put pressures on regulators to lowball the risk of nuclear accidents. Continue reading Unsafe Nuclear Waste Management May Put Eight Million Americans at Risk
Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to the FCC Website
“Friends of recently-deceased individuals…confirmed their friends could not have posted the comments posthumously.” Continue reading Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to the FCC Website
Comcast Is Trying to Censor a Site That Claims Comcast Is Committing Fraud
What is the telecom giant so afraid of? Continue reading Comcast Is Trying to Censor a Site That Claims Comcast Is Committing Fraud
Meet the Photographer Hunting for Extraterrestrial Dust on Paris Rooftops
Jon Larsen has spent the eight years years hunting and photographing extraterrestrial dust in cities around the world—something NASA thought was impossible. Continue reading Meet the Photographer Hunting for Extraterrestrial Dust on Paris Rooftops
Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Simulations suggest that the closest Earth-like exoplanet would be habitable under a far greater range of orbital and atmospheric conditions than previously assumed. Continue reading Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Simulations suggest that the closest Earth-like exoplanet would be habitable under a far greater range of orbital and atmospheric conditions than previously assumed. Continue reading Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
How ‘Cherry 2000’ Predicted Our Loveless Future
The year 2017 as envisioned in 1987 is absurd, but also very, very real. Continue reading How ‘Cherry 2000’ Predicted Our Loveless Future
The Totally Normal Town Where Everyone Worked on Weapons of Mass Destruction
A 1954 report from the birthplace of the atomic bomb wants you to know that everything is totally “normal” in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Continue reading The Totally Normal Town Where Everyone Worked on Weapons of Mass Destruction