I n the 1930s, the married anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead had seen themselves as scientists seeking to expand the accepted limits of “normal” human behavior, communication, and ...

The story of Sandman dropping acid before ECW’s 1997 November To Remember pay-per-view has resurfaced once again on social media. For those unaware, The Sandman took two hits of acid before his ...

Margaret Mead was among the most famous scientists of the 20 th century. Despite this, however, her role in the early history of psychedelic research has gone strangely unnoticed. With her ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide-25 was synthesized in a Swiss laboratory in 1938. Early researchers called it “psychotomimetic” because it caused psychosis akin to schizophrenia. In the 1950s, the British ...

Diplo was “tripping” on LSD while appearing on CNN’s live New Year’s Eve broadcast Tuesday night. The DJ, 46, stunned the show’s co-hosts, Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, as he made the admission ...

For fans of Harry Nilsson, the origins of his cult classic multi-media project The Point! are as legendary as the dream that brought Keith Richards the riff for “I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction)” or Paul ...

DJ Diplo made a startling admission on national television, confessing to "tripping" on Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ...

Diplo has admitted he was tripping on LSD during his appearance on CNN’s special New Year’s Eve Live broadcast. The popular music producer and DJ, 46, who was in Los Angeles to perform three New ...

It's a peculiar, droning sound, heard primarily in sci-fi television and counterculture music genres of yesteryear. Covered with multicolored buttons, blinking lights and patched-up cords, this ...

Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that tells a remarkable story. “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of ...

Billie is a Newsweek Pop Culture and Entertainment Reporter based in London who has appeared online, in print and on radio. She has extensively covered pop culture, women's rights and lifestyle topics ...