Mike Jay

When the creator of MDMA first experimented with the drug, he felt a mellow sensation that he compared to "a low-calorie martini."

A review of "Driving With Strangers: What Hitchhiking Tells Us About Humanity."

A new book recovers the reputation Poe had in his own lifetime of being a cross between a science writer, a poet, and a man of letters.

From prehistoric caves, through Aztecs, Mormons, Beat poets, Jean-Paul Sartre and a British MP.

The birth, death and afterlife of our romance with tobacco.