Will Brendza

Beer

Global beer shortages expected as climate change worsens

Drugs

Magic mushrooms evolved “magic” properties to scramble bug consciousness, make insects trip balls: study

Booze

Is it bourbon or rye? Science says, you probably can’t tell the difference.

World

Life as an African game bodyguard: ‘It’s even more depressing than people realize.’

Drugs

Scientists develop fingerprint drug tests, to combat amphetamine and ketamine drug use: now all they need is your fingeprint

Tech

Creator of the internet says he hates what the internet has become, on internet’s 30th birthday

Tech

Zcash: the Boulder-born crypto-currency putting Bitcoin’s privacy standards to shame

Drugs

Ketamine nasal spray approved by FDA for treating depression – Esketamine is going to change the game

Tech

GoFundMe charity frauds expose humanity’s darkest, most fucked up con-people

Beer

Beer and wine filters leave heavy metals like lead and arsenic in people’s favorite beverages, study finds

Beer

Florida man suing Coors: most of their beer isn’t brewed with Rocky Mountain spring water or even in CO at all

Tech

The Silk Road Files: Meet the Silk Road admin who was tortured by rogue agents and flagged for murder by his own boss

Culture

That time the CIA dosed people with LSD and watched them have sex with prostitutes through a one-way mirror “for science”

Culture

The “Free Hate” era: Number of US hate groups reaches all-time high – in Colorado alone, 22 groups identified

Fashion

Nike and Adidas “eco-sneakers” aren’t saving the planet – they’re just killing it slower and costing you more

Tech

The Silk Road Files: How a single ecstasy pill brought down the dark-web empire

News Briefs

China’s “Ivory Queen” sentenced to 15 hard years as tusk-smuggling empire crumbles after car chase

Culture

Denver daredevil teaches Youtube to hang from cranes like it’s no big deal

Culture

A-Basin bails on Vail, after investing $40 million and building new Beaver’s Lift

Tech

The Silk Road Files: Rooster’s exclusive interview with Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Silk Road founder serving life in prison

Weed

Cannabis stocks surge ahead of ground-breaking congressional hearing on pot business banking rules

Booze

Trump tariffs deal a blow to America’s whisky distillers, shattering record growth-streak

Health

Beer before wine or wine before beer? Doesn’t matter, study finds, you’re going to feel like shit either way

Drugs

North Koreans apparently really love crystal meth, especially on the holidays: sources