Tag: alcohol
Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes...
Karla Kaun, Brown University
Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as...
A bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s...
Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California
When a rare bottle of Scotch whisky sold for US$2.7 million in November...
To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close...
Debra J. Rosenthal, John Carroll University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation...
What’s in a name? Quite a lot if it’s prosecco, parmesan...
Steven Greenland, Charles Darwin University
Prosecco might evoke warm summer evenings while prosciutto conjures scenes of generous platters at...
Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate...
Christina Mair, University of Pittsburgh
This month, millions of Americans are taking part in “Dry January” in an effort...
Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Beer and spirits have more detrimental effects on the waistline and...
Brittany Larsen, Iowa State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Drink problems at work got much worse during the pandemic –...
Ian Hamilton, University of York and Lisa Rodgers, University of Leicester
The Downing Street “partygate” scandal has shown how...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
