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Wet coffee grounds can be transformed into clean fuel
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (1008+ words) Coffee is one of the world's favorite drinks, but it leaves behind mountains of soggy waste. Every cup produces a pile of damp grounds that usually ends up in the trash, even though those leftovers still contain plenty of stored…...
Soccer, caffeine, and the science of decision-making
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (758+ words) Caffeine ranks among the most trusted tools in an athlete's kit, a cheap and legal edge that millions reach for before competition. Yet a study of young soccer players suggests that the same dose that steadies a pass may also…...
Caffeine may stop the brain from fully shutting down at night
3+ week, 6+ day ago (995+ words) Most people think sleep is simple. If you sleep for eight hours and wake up feeling okay, you probably assume your sleep was good. That afternoon coffee usually does not seem important. But scientists now say sleep is more complicated....
If you quit drinking coffee for two weeks, this is what happens to your body
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (867+ words) While most people think of coffee as a quick way to wake up, its impact on the human body runs much deeper than a simple caffeine spike. Researchers in Ireland recently tracked 62 adults through a two-week "coffee quit" period, followed…...
Scientists identify exactly how and why coffee fights aging and boosts overall health
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1008+ words) Billions of people have a morning coffee routine " brew it, drink it, and transition from "eyes barely open" to "ready for anything" as the caffeine unlocks their peak productivity. It's an important ritual woven into daily life, often dismissed as…...
Scientists warn it's probably too late to save the 'luxury crops' that are used to make coffee, chocolate, and wine
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (956+ words) Coffee, chocolate, and wine " three luxury crops that billions of people enjoy every day " are already at great risk from climate change. From small farms in Ghana to vineyards in France, rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns threaten both harvests…...
Coffee may be rewiring your brain and gut at the same time
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (867+ words) For many people, the day begins with a cup of coffee and a quick boost in alertness. Few stop to consider what happens inside the body after that first sip. New research published in Nature Communications shows that coffee does…...
Pre-workout supplements linked to extreme sleep loss
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (832+ words) A new study has found that young people who use pre-workout supplements are more than twice as likely to sleep five hours or less a night. That finding recasts a familiar gym aid as a possible driver of severe sleep…...
Natural compound found in chocolate and coffee is linked to slower aging
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (864+ words) Eating dark chocolate might be doing more than satisfying your cravings, it may also be slowing how your cells age. In about 1, 600 adults, scientists at King's College London (KCL) found that higher blood levels of theobromine, which is a natural…...
Coffee could one day switch cancer therapies on and off
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (762+ words) Most of us reach for caffeine without a second thought. Now, scientists are turning that familiar jolt into something far more precise: a switch that can control gene editing inside living cells. Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute…...