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Technology

Your smartphone could tell if you are drunk by analysing your walk

Studies suggest that when people are impaired by alcohol they often don't realise. Now your smartphone could alert you by analysing the way you walk

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How South American drug cartels get around coronavirus lockdowns

Health

How South American drug cartels get around coronavirus lockdowns

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Health

Discrimination and divorce make you more likely to die early

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Analysis of 85 animals reveals which are best at holding their alcohol

Life

Analysis of 85 animals reveals which are best at holding their alcohol

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Woman urinates alcohol without drinking due to yeast in her bladder

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Woman urinates alcohol without drinking due to yeast in her bladder

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Star Trek

Humans

From Star Wars to Hitchhiker's – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi

Features

Gin & Tonic

Humans

The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential

Features

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

Humans

Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

Regulars

Beer frothing

Physics

Does tapping a beer can prevent it foaming over? Scientists found out

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Common bulbul feeding on palm wine in the forest of Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau.

Life

Birds are stealing boozy palm wine when people aren't looking

Three species of African birds have taken to stealing palm wine, the fermented sap of an oil palm, from trees that local people have tapped

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Health

Man’s body brews its own beer after yeast take over his gut microbiome

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Mind

Am I addicted? The truth behind being hooked on gaming, sex or porn

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Health

Red wine drinkers have more diverse gut bacteria than other drinkers

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Health

Genetic studies hint alcohol isn’t linked to breast cancer after all

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