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Farmers in Thailand were losing crops to hungry elephants, so they began replacing sugar cane and bananas with coffee — a crop the herds largely leave alone, allowing farmers to protect their income without fencing the animals out
18+ hour, 29+ min ago (191+ words) Published September 4, 2026 · How we edit A sugar cane field, to a hungry elephant, is a vending machine with the glass already broken. A few farming communities in Kanchanaburi province have gone the other way and started growing something the herds…...
Doctors have long advised many atrial-fibrillation patients to avoid coffee. But a 2025 randomized trial found that regular coffee drinkers assigned one caffeinated cup a day after cardioversion had a 39% lower hazard of AF or atrial-flutter recurrence than those told to avoid caffeine—47% versus 64% over six months.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1642+ words) A randomized trial found less AF or atrial-flutter recurrence among previous or current coffee drinkers assigned caffeinated coffee after cardioversion, but its population and intervention make the result narrower than a general coffee recommendation. By The Long View · Edited by…...
A 2015 study of 953 adults found people who already preferred bitter tastes like black coffee scored higher on psychopathy and sadism traits, but a 2017 replication attempt failed to confirm the link, undercutting the viral personality-change claim
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (113+ words) In 2015, the psychologists Christina Sagioglou and Tobias Greitemeyer ran two studies with a combined total of 953 American adults, asking each person to rate how much they liked a range of bitter, sweet, salty, and… By Science Blog Editorial Team · Editorial…...
The Lab Stain That Started With Coffee Rings on a Mug
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (396+ words) Claudia Mayrhofer kept noticing the stubborn brown marks left behind in used coffee cups at her lab. They were remarkably persistent, clinging to ceramic long after the espresso was gone. As someone who spends her days preparing ultra-thin slices of…...
The Secret Behind $1,000 Coffee? It's All in the Poop
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (487+ words) Kopi luwak, coffee seeds from faeces of palm civet. Lampung, Indonesia Scientists have finally cracked the code on why coffee beans plucked from civet droppings command eye-watering prices. The answer, it turns out, is surprisingly straightforward: fat. A new study…...