Episode #754
News Items
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Item #1
Science
A scoop of light roast coffee benas has more caffeine thatn a scoop of dark roast beans.
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Item #2
Science
Coffee with cream will cool more slowly than without.
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Item #3
Fiction
Coffee is the most traded commodity worldwide.
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Item #4
Science
Epidemics of coffee rust, a fungal infection that plagues arabica coffee worldwide, affects 70% of crops in Central America and in bad years entire crops have been lost.
Science or Fiction
Skeptical Quote of the Week
“NCCAM officials have spent $374 000 to find that inhaling lemon and lavender scents does not promote wound healing; $750 000 to find that prayer does not cure AIDS or hasten recovery from breast-reconstruction surgery; $390 000 to find that ancient Indian remedies do not control type 2 diabetes; $700 000 to find that magnets do not treat arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, or migraine headaches; and $406 000 to find that coffee enemas do not cure pancreatic cancer”. – Paul Offitt, and this quote was submitted back in 2012 by SGU listener Kevin Mack of Melbourne.
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Item #1
Science
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