Science Auditory hallucinations induced with Pavlovian conditioning Andrea James

art Cool sculpture creates moiré pattern when viewed Andrea James

google WATCH: More DeepDream obsessions Andrea James

vision This trippy GIF reveals patterns each time you blink Andrea James

Spoken Word with Electronics Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts Ethan Persoff

drugs Celebs talk about tripping balls in "Have a Good Trip" documentary Rusty Blazenhoff

psychology What do we hear when we dream? David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

nostalgia I can not honestly say I remember "Spice Up Your Life" Jason Weisberger

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

Technology How artist Refik Anadol uses AI to create hypnotic art installations Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

corruption Ketamine works great for depression and other conditions, and costs $10/dose; the new FDA-approved "ketamine" performs badly in trials and costs a fortune Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Eleven, "Your Supervisor Disintegrates" — with a Gysin Dream Machine, an Altman Brain Machine, and Other Hallucinatory Hardware Ethan Persoff

music THE BUREAU: Part Nine, "Your Sandwich Speaks!" — with SBaGen-based Digital Drugs for New Year's Eve Ethan Persoff

booze Hard boozing raccoons mistakenly thought to be rabid Seamus Bellamy

fake news Alien attack imminent, Buckingham Palace is a drug den, and the Queen is a criminal mastermind, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids. Peter Sheridan

drugs The time Paul McCartney "saw God" David Pescovitz

hallucinations Over six percent of us experience "phantom odor perception" Mark Frauenfelder

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition) Gareth Branwyn