Can one fault a documentary about acid for not being properly balanced? Either way, Swiss scribe-helmer Martin Witz’s “The Substance — Albert Hofmann’s LSD” presents a lopsided and somewhat sedate ...

GENEVA (AP) -- Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired -- and arguably corrupted -- millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102.

Psychedelic enthusiasts around the world celebrated Bicycle Day on Tuesday, the anniversary of Swiss chemist Albert Hoffmann's discovery of the psychedelic effects of LSD. The "holiday" gets its name ...

April 19th aka Bicycle Day, the day we honor chemist Albert Hofmann and his discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), may soon overtake cannabis holiday 4/20 as the most important celebration of ...

For the uninitiated, the Bicycle Day international holiday might suggest a celebration of bicycles and riding bikes. But that’s only part of the story. Not to be confused with World Bicycle Day, which ...

Today, April 19, is the unofficial anniversary of the first ever recorded use of LSD. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Bicycle Day marks a hallucinogenic ride that's considered the birth of the modern psychedelic ...

Susan Brown’s “Researchers Explore New Visions for Hallucinogens” (The Chronicle, December 8) was an excellent and well-presented exposition of the serious and long-overdue resurgence of research in ...

GENEVA -- Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD, has died. He was 102. Mr. Hofmann died Tuesday at his home in Burg im Leimental, said Doris Stuker, a municipal clerk in the village ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Exactly 71 years ago, April 19, 1943, Albert ...