Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation?
Lack of sleep harms memory and cognition, but our easy remedies can't fix everything. Enlarge / A cup of coffee might provide you some pep, but it won’t fully make up for lost sleep. (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus).....»»
Pig welfare outweighs climate concerns for consumers, study finds
Pork production is a societal concern on several fronts: antibiotics use, infectious disease, poor animal welfare and climate and environmental pressures. Even though the beef, coffee and chocolate industries are each major climate culprits, the worl.....»»
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has some of Nintendo’s best online features
If you're playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder, don't sleep on its surprisingly great online multiplayer features......»»
Amazon’s Keurig alternative is incredibly cheap today
Save big on a coffee maker with this deal on one of the best Keurig alternatives at Amazon......»»
Hellboy Web of Wyrd is one of the best-looking comic book games out there
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 isn't the only comic book game to check out this month. Don't sleep on the stylish Hellboy Web of Wyrd......»»
Baby birds hatch with ability to mimic mom
Singing a gentle lullaby can help put a human baby to sleep but its usefulness in the low grassland swaying nests of Australian songbirds takes maternal 'singing' to even greater heights......»»
Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study......»»
Keurig Coffee Maker for $80 in Amazon’s Big Deal Days (Prime) sale
The Keurig K-Express Coffee Maker is an affordable coffee maker that's even better value now it's in the Prime Day sale......»»
The best movies on Hulu right now (October 2023)
The best movies on Hulu include No One Will Save You, Doctor Sleep, It Chapter Two, Nightmare Alley, and more horror flicks just in time for Halloween......»»
Nectar Mattress Prime Day sale gets you 33% off everything
Nectar Sleep has their entire store at 33% (or more) off until midnight EST tonight. Shop it before its over......»»
This super small Keurig coffee maker is only $50 for Prime Day
The Keurig K-Mini Plus is a single serve coffee maker that has a great price for October deal days at Walmart......»»
Hurry — this early Prime Day deal gets you this Keurig for $60
The Keurig K-Mini coffee maker, which brews using K-Cup pods, is currently available from Amazon for just $88, ahead of the retailer's Prime Big Deal Days 2023......»»
Mathematical bedtime stories may build better mathematical memory
Researchers Jayne Spiller and Camilla Gilmore at the Center for Mathematical Cognition, University of Loughborough, U.K., have investigated the intersection of sleep and mathematical memory, finding that sleep after learning improves recall......»»
Lost in the coffee aisle? Navigating complex buzzwords behind an "ethical" bag of beans is easier said than done
You're shopping for a bag of coffee beans at the grocery store. After reading about the effects of climate change and how little farmers make—typically $0.40 per cup—you figure it might be time to change your usual beans and buy something more et.....»»
Watching paint dry, to understand and control the patterns it leaves behind
A coffee spill leaves behind a dark stain around the puddle's edge when it dries. But as drops of paint dry, some look like "fried eggs," with "yolks" of color surrounded by pristine white halos, whereas others appear uniform. To understand this vari.....»»
iPhone 16 rumored to gain new capacitive "Capture Button," updated Action button
A new rumor suggests an additional "Capture Button" could be included on iPhone 16 models under the sleep/wake button but be capacitive.Action buttonApple allegedly planned to use capacitive buttons on iPhone 15, but the feature was abandoned sometim.....»»
A new third-party MacBook repair tool is good for Right to Repair
A tool has been created to help independent repair outfits fix a common issue with the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, one that would normally be fixed by Apple because of software elements.Fixing a sleep sensor issue [YouTube/Louis Rossmann]Apple has b.....»»
Could spent coffee grounds provide an alternative to plastic packaging?
Next to water, coffee is the most popular beverage on Earth and is the world's second most traded good, trailing only oil. It is estimated that humans drink more than 2 billion cups of coffee per day with over 60% of Americans having a cup each day......»»
Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead
Any object you create can be thrown back into a coffee grinder and reused on a new object. Enlarge / A pendant, espresso cups, and flower planters 3D-printed from used coffee grounds. (credit: Michael Rivera) Most coffee.....»»
Using "spent" coffee and tea to boost shelf life and nutritional value of cakes
On a crisp fall afternoon, there are few pairings better than a hot beverage and a sweet pastry. But what if you could use the left-over tea leaves or coffee grounds from the drink to make that tasty treat a healthier one, too? Researchers reporting.....»»
Bold colors at the auto show reflect what the customer wants
The cool waning days of summer in Detroit provided a brilliant mirror of what consumers were thinking. That after three exhausting years of pandemic disruption, deprivation and anxiety, the auto market was suddenly awash in brighter colors......»»