Nootropics
The eSports Adderall Scandal May Be Overblown (Plus, Motherboard Tries Noots)
Is eSports doping a real thing?
Your Friendly Guide to Nootropics
After a battle with Lyme disease, Steve Cronin turned himself into a smart drug guinea pig.
Taking the 'Smart Drug' Modafinil Made Me Love Work but Hate People
In the rat race that is modern life, it's sort of the only drug that makes sense. How awful is that?
Users Say the 'Smart Drug' Modafinil Is the New Adderall — Only Better
The FDA approved modafinil to treat narcolepsy, but people are taking it illegally — off-label and without a prescription — to study or work on big projects.
The First Real Smart Drug? Researchers Say Modafinil Works
And has no preponderance for side effects.
Can the Pills That Claim to Make You Clever Also Make You Rich?
How a podcast host and a former NFL player, among others, created a market for pills that claim to boost brain function.
Elect Me If You Want to Live Forever
Motherboard's podcast is back! Today, we meet with Zoltan Istvan, the presidential candidate who's "transitioning into a machine."
Brain-Enhancing 'Smart Drugs' Are Going Commercial
As the demand for cognitive enhancements expands, nootropics have grown from the stuff of internet-driven self-experimentation to an expanding sector in the massive supplements market.
Will 'Smart Drugs' Really Make Us Smarter, or Just Ruin Our Lives?
Given the recent surge in the popularity of nootropics—non-addictive drugs that enhance learning acquisition and increase the coupling of the brain's hemispheres—a debate over the murky limits of our neurological optimization has arisen as well.
Can a Low Dose Go a Long Way?
Is it possible to tap psychedelic drugs at almost imperceptible levels to heighten normal, day-to-day functioning without all the mind melt? As it turns out, less maybe is more.
Lower Dens Writes Cyborg Music for Techno Fear: Interview With Jana Hunter
Delving into the transhumanist concept of their new album Nootropics