Land Rover and Simba Reach Malawi

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

Land Rover and The Born Free Foundation have completed their impressive 4,900 mile trip from Belgium to Malawi, delivering a mistreated lion to the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre. The courageous lion—named Simba—spent his early life in captivity, experiencing mistreatment across Europe, and will now be free to happily live out his days in a natural environment.

LSD, Reconsidered

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

The strict ban on psychedelic substances has proved to be an obstacle for medical researchers, especially psychopharmacologists, but a recent paper published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease shows that some are making headway. A team led by Swiss psychiatrist Peter Gasser conducted the first controlled trial of LSD in 40 years and concluded that the eight terminally ill patients who received full …

First Kiss

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

There’s a beautiful, nervous energy surrounding a first kiss. Ten of those moments were recently captured in a short video, appropriately titled “First Kiss” and directed by Tatia Pilieva, for the fashion brand WREN. In a white room, with cameras rolling, strangers meet and lock lips. While there’s controversy over the casting of models as a handful of the 20 individuals shown, it can’t be …