In the late 1950s, the CIA was obsessed with mind control—what it was, how to weaponize it, and how to keep it out of Soviet hands. An explosive Pop Mech feature recently uncovered the disturbing story of how America’s intelligence community tried—and spectacularly failed—to hack the human mind with sex, drugs, and surveillance. And what does it say about the lengths the government was willing to go in pursuit of mind control? And don’t miss the full story of arguably the CIA’s most depraved experiment ever—and the wild lengths the agency went to before finally pulling the plug—in our must-read feature on Operation Midnight Climax. Plus, find more installments of The Astounding Pop Mech Show on PopularMechanics.com.