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Science & technology | Better nature

How to study people who are very drunk

Naturalistic experiments are all the rage

|5 min read

Visitors to Minnesota’s state fair in 2024 could hear live music, enjoy white-knuckle rides and compete to make the best tinned goods. They could also get drunk. And if they did, a team of neuroscientists from the local university was waiting to gently torture them.

This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Better nature”

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