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Coffee drinking not harmful and may help against heart disease: study (Science/Technology, 8 articles)
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While countless studies have looked at what occurs when coffee is drunk, far fewer have examined the effects of sniffing the aroma, which contains many volatile compounds. So Han-Seok Seo of Seoul National University and colleagues exposed stressed-out rats that had been deprived of sleep to coffee bean aroma and then evaluated the effects by performing genetic and protein analyses on brain tissue. Researchers from Harvard and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid used 20 years of surveys from two groups of health professionals to draw their conclusion: death does not come any sooner for those who drink more coffee. They discovered that women who drank two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 per cent lower risk of death from heart disease during the study's followup period (1980 to 2004) than non-coffee drinkers. In men, researchers saw non-statistically significant benefits and no downsides to drinking two to three cups of coffee, or five to seven cups of coffee daily. Aside from what is sold onto the market, a few bags 50 kilo bags of green beans are held onto to for personal consumption and to be sold to locals, primarily friends, and friends of friends.
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Learning new tricks for old grills - (Science/Technology, 4 articles)
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Cook the rice in a saucepan according to package directions; heat the broth to a boil in a Dutch oven over high heat. Cook the sausages in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, turning as needed, until browned on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes. Moment came when, instead of trying to place shrimp on a hot grate over a sizzling fire, I removed the grate from the cooker.
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No signs of water yet from Mars lander (Science/Technology, 5 articles)
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In its first chemical analysis of soil from Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix lander has turned up no evidence of water, scientists said Monday. Researchers remained confident that the craft is in the right place to uncover veins of ice believed to lie only inches beneath the surface. A soil sample was cooked twice in one of Phoenix's eight ovens over the last few days, according to William Boynton, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.
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June 18, 1983: Sally Ride, the First American Woman Into Space (Science/Technology, 4 articles)
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Ride, who hoped to become a professional tennis player before deciding she wasn't good enough, became a physicist instead and joined NASA in 1978 as part of the first astronaut class to accept women. After the usual training, Ride joined ground control for the second and third space shuttle missions, serving as communications liaison between the shuttle crews and mission control. With all training suspended in the wake of the accident, Ride was appointed to the presidential commission charged with investigating the causes of Challenger s demise.
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