An article published in the journal “Royal Society Open Science” describes a research that documented the use of alcohol by wild chimpanzees. This study focused on a population of chimpanzees living in Bossou, Guinea, West Africa who voluntarily drink a kind of palm wine. They use leaves to collect the fermenting tree juice.
A fundraising campaign on the Kickstarter website is succeeding to cover the costs of the upcoming shooting of “Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II”, the web series that continues the adventures of the classic “Star Trek” series. They needed $20,000 to cover the basic costs of the shooting scheduled for July 2015 and at this moment $24.205 were pledged.
The novel “The Dream Master” by Roger Zelazny was published for the first time in 1966. It’s an expanded version of the novella “He Who Shapes”, winner of the Nebula Award.
In a future where technology has led to physical health, overpopulation is causing in people serious psychological problems. This led to remarkable developments in the field of psychiatry including neuroparticipant therapy, which allows a communication between the brains of two different persons. It’s used to conduct a sophisticated form of psychotherapy.
Charles Render is the best in the field of neuroparticipant therapy yet he’s not satisfied. One day he’s contacted by Eileen Shallot, a psychiatrist who wants to enter the field of neuroparticipant therapy but has a problem hitherto insurmountable as she has congenital blindness. That kind of psychotherapy requires a great familiarity with image management and Render agrees to teach Shallot, a task more difficult than he thinks.
