Tag: alcohol
Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill
Geoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis
Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where...
Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset –...
Logan Pant, University of Evansville
Thinking about certain types of alcohol can alter your mood and trigger certain mindsets,...
Balancing kratom’s potential benefits and risks − new legislation in Colorado...
David Kroll, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David Bregger had never heard of kratom before his son, Daniel,...
Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an...
Nikki Crowley, Penn State
Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government...
Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging –...
Michael Golding, Texas A&M University
The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
