This Week in Science: Synthetic Booze and 183 Beavers

It’s time for some “Nerd News,” with a quick rundown of . . . THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE!

#1) You may soon be able to get drunk WITHOUT the hangover. A synthetic alcohol called Alcarelle, made by a company in the U.K. hopes to start selling Alcarelle by 2026. And they say it also doesn’t have the negative health effects of booze.

#2) Aaron Reich (a tech writer), does weird size comparisons on asteroids using A.I. algorithms. Last year, he discovered a previously unknown asteroid that, in his words . . .”May be my best asteroid size metric yet”. The new asteroid (officially known as “SF289”) was described as being roughly the size of “183 North American beavers” (???).