Lysergic acid diethylamide, aka LSD, has been a potent psychedelic hallucinogen for decades, but it isn’t nearly as stigmatized as it once.Relegated to the cultural fringe during the 1960s, recent clinical studies indicate that the drug shows promising therapeutic benefits for conditions including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But whether it’s taken recreationally or
Coffee drinkers often fall into two groups—those who refuse another cup past a certain time of day, and those who are happy to grab a refill well into the night. The people who practice restraint frequently cite mounting evidence of caffeine’s effects on your sleep cycle, while freewheeling coffee chuggers say they have no problem
Remote work isn’t new—I’ve known people who telecommuted in the 1960s, and farmers were working from home long before that. But many people worked remotely for the first time in 2020, for reasons you may remember. Since then, managers and CEOs have confidently—and loudly—stated that remote work is unproductive and hurts morale. Research doesn’t necessarily
If you’re anything like me, you’ve had this experience: You see a photo of yourself—maybe on a day you actually felt relatively put-together before leaving the house—and you suddenly feel betrayed by your own face. For me, it’s usually some combination of the following: one eye squinting against the sun, a smile that somehow always
Sit, stay, roll over, come, fetch, and no. All common commands that responsible dog owners use to train and communicate with their pets. When a dog hears the word “no” there is potentially much more going on inside their minds than just stopping an unwanted (and sometimes dangerous) behavior. When dogs restrain their behavior, their
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