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Anadenanthera colubrina is the one tree species common to nearly all regions of South American seasonally dry tropical forests and woodlands (SDTFs). Its abundant fruits each of which is laterally flat and which bear many lenticular seeds, trunk and main stems with a tuberculate cortex, and extra floral nectaries positioned near the base of the leaf rachis distinguish this species.

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Ancient Andean leaders may have mixed hallucinogen with their beer

A concoction of vilca seeds and fermented alcohol may have provided a mild hallucinogenic experience, enabling Wari leaders in South America to bond with their people

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What the no-alcohol boom means for our drinking habits and health

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Quick saliva test can reveal cannabis use over the past 12 hours

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New form of liver dialysis could help people with failed organ recover

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Psoriasis drug could be used to help people stop drinking alcohol

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Psoriasis drug could be used to help people stop drinking alcohol

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Your ears give off alcohol and a test can reveal how much you've drunk

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How to cure a hangover: Science with Sam explains

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Science with Sam hangovers

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Science with Sam: How to cure a hangover

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Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

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Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

Some people find that taking small doses of psychedelic drugs can sharpen awareness or improve their mood, but these benefits may happen simply because people believe they will

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Chemical signature of Malbec wines backs up concept of ‘terroir’

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Can chemistry replicate the flavour of vintage whisky overnight?

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Why people enjoy alcohol or are teetotal may come down to a hormone

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Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

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