Psychedelic mushrooms lead many people to have positive spiritual experiences whose benefits last at least a year.

From ScienceDaily comes this article.

I’m not sure which is more awesome–the fact that weed may really work as a painkiller, or that there is a real journal called The Journal of Pain.

This article offers a fascinating view into well-meaning, but perhaps ultimately flawed, attempts to improve the status of the poor in our cities.

It’s so good that it has me thinking, I would pay for articles like this. Maybe the online news cycle could work in a similar manner to the AP, with many similar organizations…

Not the world’s most scientific poll, but interesting nonetheless.

This article details how McCain’s stance on immigration policy has backflipped along with his presidential hopes.

Senator McCain, will you please give us a ride on the Straight Talk Express and explain your change in opinion on the matter of immigration?

I find myself impressed by almost everything Sachs does. This article is no exception.

This article by Naomi Wolf offers an interesting and provocative perspective on the enhanced interrogation methods employed by our government.

How can we improve the image of engineering?

Research at Northwestern, summarized here. From the research article:

Spending beyond one’s means in obtaining status-related items is a costly coping strategy for dealing with psychological threats such as feeling powerless.

The press about Bill Gates’s retirement and second career as philanthropist has me wondering whether the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation might be interested in supporting basic science.