Thinking about getting a smarter brain? Unfortunately, nootropics can't really do that. (You'll have to read books and accumulate experiences and all that time-consuming crap to become genuinely smarter.) However, nootropics for beginners may help make the path to a smarter … [Read more...]

Believe it or not, before I found nootropics (or rather before nootropics found me), I related anything capable of influencing the mind to the destructive habits of hippies and advertisements. Thus when I first heard of nootropics, I took a long sip on my 32nd coffee of the … [Read more...]

Unpopular opinion: Beyoncé didn't make the beat sicker. It was Gerald Oster who sneezed on the beat when he co-opted H.W. Dove's neuro-auditory revelations into his experimentation with binaural beats: an auditory illusion perceived when two different pure-tone sine wave … [Read more...]

Not everyone drinks to the point of a hangover. Not everyone drinks period. But I'm guessing that, on both counts, you do. (That's why you're here, right?) So the real question comes down to: Are you reading this in preparation or escape? Because let's face it: There is … [Read more...]

Dementia pugilistica is a term used to mistakenly describe demented pugs as well as accurately signify a state of neurodegeneration commonly associated with boxers--i.e. pugilists. Apparently, receiving hits to the head over and over has repercussions. However, it's not the … [Read more...]