Chimpanzees that live in the wild don't disgust a shot, according to a study published by the Royal Society Open Science. Researchers have tracked the behavior of apes and collected data between 1995 and 2012 in the town of Boussou, in Guinea, whose inhabitants make palm wine. To obtain it, they collect the sweet sap of raffia, a type of palm, by clicking on the tree to collect the liquid in a plastic container. The villagers carry out this operation twice a day, and with the fermented sap they make the wine.
Adolescence is not only a crucial period in terms of cognitive, emotional and social maturation, but it coincides with the awakening of alcohol consumption for many of them and, frequently, this consumption tends to start strongly without taking into account the long-term consequences term.
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Regensburg (Australia) have discovered that oxytocin - popularly known as the "love hormone", can have a surprising effect relative to alcohol: neutralize its effect by preventing alcohol intoxication due to to the increased production of hormones in our brain during acts of intimacy.
A good deal of research has brought to the fore the certainty that high blood pressure and diabetes can increase the risk of stroke or cerebrovascular accident. Now, a new study has found that, in middle-aged people, binge drinking can be even more dangerous than these other factors.
About 10 million years ago, the lineage of primates from which humans come was already drinking alcohol, specifically when one of the enzymes that metabolizes ethanol in fruits was activated.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
