Scientists sometimes endure the most extreme conditions — active volcanoes, polar ice caps, Ann Coulter's nether regions — to answer the toughest questions about existence. In that grand tradition, researchers from San Diego State sought to answer questions about college binge drinking not by surveying after the fact, but by descending into the bowels of the party scene themselves.
The excellently-named J.D. Clapp and his fellow scientists studied more than 1,300 people at parties, making "observations" and using equipment to measure students’ blood-alcohol concentrations (BrACs). Clapp and team's results were published in the January issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, and complements previous work by done by the prestigious team of Daniels, Beam, Jagermeister and Turkey.
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