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Shaman, Sorcerer or Sham? Inside the Cult of L.A.’s Psychedelic Neo-Buddha

Some say Castaneda was a breakthrough academic and visionary shaman. Others say he was a phony. Either way, he shaped a generation of mystical thinkers and magic mushroom eaters.

Why 18th-Century Masturbation Pseudoscience Was So Hard to Rub Out

How a fraud and a wacko convinced two centuries of masturbators that jacking off caused blindness, insanity, gout and hairy palms

You Didn’t Win the Sperm Race — You Were Chosen

Memes about new research on sperm and conception reflect a paradigm shift in how we think of our origins

What Happens When You Know You’re Not the Best Sex Your Partner’s Ever Had?

Should you give up? Try harder? Take a bath in liquid Viagra? It all depends if you can stomach knowing you’re second-best.