Each time your liver filters alcohol, some of the liver cells die. The liver can develop new cells, but prolonged alcohol misuse (drinking too much) over many years can reduce your liverâs ability to regenerate.
HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan, Illustration from Darwinâs The Voyage of the Beagle. #4 Charles Darwin independently conceived the theory of natural selection in 1838. Exposed to life all over the globe during the voyage, Darwin noticed similarities among species with variations based on specific locations.
As a research vessel HMS Beagle may not have had the internet, but she did have an impressive state-of-the-art library of about 400 volumes. The library was housed in book cases in the poop cabin at the stern of the ship, which was also Darwin's cabin. Thus, Darwin lived and worked in the Beagle library for five years.