Aldous Huxley

Brain scientists are working to turn on and off behavior with electricity—and possibly motivation and optimism, too. How a few milli-amps of electric current could change your life.

Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Huxley—none of the great novelists ever had an original screenplay produced. Cormac McCarthy has. But is his new movie, The Counselor, any good? By Andrew Romano.

It’s probably no shock many to hear that Angelina Jolie and the Beatles dropped acid at different points in their lives. Now ‘Lawless’ star Shia LaBeouf has revealed that he did LSD to prepare for a role in ‘The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.’ But who would have guessed that Cary Grant and Marge Simpson were acid fans? See more stars who went on special trips, Roger Sterling–style.

The Ransom Center shares with us the passports of Norman Mailer, Lillian Hellman, Sybille Bedford and more.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s search for nirvana in India is a part of a long tradition of misguided Western spiritual tourism in the country, writes author Gita Mehta.

As the FDA paves the way for clinical LSD trials, scientists are exploring its medical benefits. Is acid the new Xanax? Plus, from Angelina to The Beatles, a gallery of celebrity trippers.