Victoria Hilbert
at 00:00 AM Jun 12 2013

Beer drinkers rejoice - the beer belly is a myth! "The beer belly is a complete myth. The main source of calories in any alcoholic beverage is alcohol. ...There's nothing magical about the alcohol in beer, it's just alcohol," says Charles Bamforth, a professor of food science and technology at the University of California Davis, as well as an Anheuser-Busch endowed professor of brewing science.

Shaunacy Ferro
at 07:00 AM Feb 27 2013
Science // 

Humans have been using alcohol as a medicine since ancient times, using it as an antiseptic and a pain killer, among other things. We're not the only species that does so, apparently. According to biologists at Emory University, fruit flies force alcohol on their larvae to protect them from parasitic wasps.

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