Scientists at UCLA recently made a surprising discovery: trace amounts of ethanol (the alcohol found in beer) dramatically extends the lives of tiny worms. While this discovery doesn’t necessarily mean booze will help humans live longer is does raise some interesting thoughts. First, we’d like to meet the drunk scientist who spilled his swill on some worms and then played it off as an experiment. And secondly, is anyone else terrified of of drunk, immortal worms taking over the earth?
These tiny worms get a little booze in them and double
their lifespan.
