Article in proceedings of National Academy of Science reveal brain areas activated by psychedelic drug LSD. Lysergic acid diethylamide. The name of this particular drug conjures up images of the psychedelic 60s and 70s, of hippies, tie-dye and the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by the Beatles. The drug was first…
With the stoke of a pen, California’s governor Jerry Brown turned the nation’s most populous state into an economic lab rat last week when he signed legislation that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Despite increasing calls for a “living wage” nationwide, California is the first state to…
The “Panama Papers,” a huge leak of secret intelligence, possibly the biggest in history, is creating headaches for many of the world’s power brokers. 11.5 million confidential documents were leaked. The leaks shocked the world, as it showed how some of its leaders may have used offshore bank accounts and shell companies to hide their…