Honeybees experience withdrawal symptoms when deprived of alcohol
Scientists are turning to honeybees to understand alcohol dependence in humans
The bubbles in your pint of beer are a scientific marvel
Pouring a chilled beer into a tilted glass produces about 1.5 million bubbles
Your brain responds to why you're drinking, not just what you're drinking
Drinking for relief produces a different reaction in the brain than drinking for reward does
How mezcal bubbles can help us understand lava flows
The fluid mechanics of a good mezcal are complex
CO2 sucked out of the atmosphere can be reused for new chemical processes
It can be converted into methanol, then used in resins and polymers
Are some of us hard-wired for compulsive drinking?
Brain activation can predict compulsive alcohol consumption (in mice!)
Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain
Both brain size and drinking habits are linked to genes, not directly to each other
Researchers optimized a reaction involving DEAD to reduce chemical waste
The Mitsunobu reaction is key to using alcohols in organic chemistry, but it also generates considerable chemical waste
Start-up releases the world's first GMO probiotic
The company claims the probiotic supplement can cure hangovers, but evidence in humans is lacking
Great news! Hops contain a molecule that improves metabolism!
And it's the same one that makes your beer bitter.
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The 'drunken monkey' argument: are we predisposed to alcohol addiction?
Biologists have found a genetic mutation that may explain why humans like a damaging habit
Goldfish can survive without oxygen for months by basically getting drunk
"It's bizarre to see this kind of enzyme in anything with a face"
We need to change the way we think about alcoholism
A neuroscientist argues that genetics alone isn't enough to beat the illness or the stigma