A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Discovered: Caltech tops research university ranking again; coffee's connection to glaucoma; Curiosity scoops Martian sand; methadone reduces needle transmission of HIV.
Ah, what is a freelancer to do about love, given all the working from home alone in a state of barely dressed disarray he or she tends to do—meaning that said freelancer doesn't see anyone other than, maybe, a food delivery person or his or her own cat, on a regular basis? The answer is coffee.
In the next step toward total caffeine domination, Starbucks has unveiled its own single-shot coffee maker, with the java giant's CEO claiming a technological advance that's "cracked the code" on... milk.
If New Yorkers seem particularly jittery over the summer, it's for good reason: they are drinking a lot of iced coffee.
Discovered: An eco-friendly toilet, living together before marriage is a bad idea, once again coffee does good things to our bodies, and Bieber Fever is mental.
Today a science story was born and killed in just hours: this morning science lifted our spirits with this finding that coffee made us live a little longer, Wonkblog's Sarah Kliff gets all smarty pants on us by debunking the finding with this contrarian headline: "No, drinking coffee probably won’t make you live longer."
It is nice to know, in days when quitting a job might land you your own New York Times Op Ed, that some people take pride in their work. A small coffeeshop in Brooklyn needs a barista, aka, "a fringe type, yet comfortable, like the middle of a Venn diagram."
Though it's bit of a wind up ahead of the reporting madness that will be tonight's Super Tuesday primary results, let that not stop was from ogling at the terrible number of caffeinated beverages those reporting on it are drinking.
Discovered: The right age to get fat, a possible sugary cure for Alzheimer's, coffee will not kill us, and there's a decent chance the sun will explode.
Do you live in Brooklyn? Do you drink coffee? Do you have a baby, and does it want its own coffee, too? If so, babyccinos, not to be confused with baby chinos, are for you.
The company will address Congress on climate change's impact on coffee
The latest study found coffee consumption reduces risk of depression in women
The bank is serious about implementing it's $1.2 billion dollar cost-cutting measures
Summer brings ice cubes with our Starbucks, and ice cubes bring higher profit margins
Coffee yields in Latin America are steadily falling, reports the Times. So we did some digging
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