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A traditional Pacific drink, strict rituals, and a major anthropological question: did intoxication help shape human societies? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig investigated the role of the ceremonial drink Kava — and reached a surprising conclusion.

Study on knockout drops: only one in ten cases is reported

Time and again, people suspect that they have fallen victim to knockout drops. But only a few go to the police. A study by Chemnitz University of Technology shows for the first time how high the number of unreported cases is and why those affected remain silent. | more

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