Drink This to Improve Your Memory

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 Though caffeine has been found to enhance long-term memory in bees, it hadn't been shown to have similar effects on humans until now; green vegetables may be a new transformative source of energy for batteries; meanwhile, Brazil faces new dilemmas as a neoliberal democracy. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Breast Milk Protein Fights HIV

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2013 Scientists have discovered why only a small percentage of babies contract HIV when breastfed by mothers who have been infected with the virus; Taiwan's new police uniforms are extremely frightening; and David Petraeus is using his new position in academia to promote profiteering health care and fracking industries. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Starbucks Guns

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News Flash: Dark Coffee May Not Be Super-Terrible for You

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 So, we get that there might be some "tummy-friendly" benefits to drinking dark-roasted coffee. However, this Science News article extolling the virtues of the duskier blends lays it on a bit thick on the pro-coffee front, mentioning little in the way of possible side effects. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Starbucks in Gun Activist Crossfire

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2010 Those aspiring screenwriters and novelists clogging up Starbucks may soon have more dramatic material from which to draw inspiration, as the coffee chain has become a reluctant battlefield in the culture wars. Gun enthusiasts and/or nuts have taken to arming themselves before overpaying for coffee. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Coffee Cure for Alzheimer’s?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2009 Tell this to the next nudnik who gives you a hard time for sucking down a cup of joe: A study of mice suggests that coffee could reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's and prevent the onset of dementia. Old mice that consumed the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day showed improved cognitive function, and some young mice, when properly juiced, managed to avoid the disease altogether. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

600 Down …

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Starbucks Going From Venti to Grande

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 Fine, so the headline was a bit much, but this was one time we didn't mind saying venti instead of large: Turns out that even the top bananas at Starbucks finally realized that they've overextended themselves, and due to the sagging economy, they're closing 600 U.S. retail locations. Great -- so that means there'll be only eight Starbucks stores on every block instead of nine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Christian Group Slams New Starbucks Logo

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 File this one under "Choose Your Battles": The Resistance, a national Christian group based in San Diego, has a problem with Starbucks' new, slightly-more-sexed-up cup design, featuring a bustier version of the familiar siren depicted on the coffee company's logo Resistance founder Mark Dice pointed to the label's "naked woman with her legs spread like a prostitute" and said Starbucks "might as well call themselves" -- wait for it -- "Slutbucks" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forbidden Starbucks

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2007 The Starbucks empire is often lampooned for its many, many stores, but the coffee giant has lost one of its most prominent locations. Responding to the demands of more than half a million citizens, the Chinese government closed down the Starbucks in the Forbidden City, the ancient imperial palace complex in the heart of Beijing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Starbucks Feels the Strain of World Domination

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2007 In a memo distributed to top executives, Starbucks' chairman warned that rapid expansion had unfortunately contributed to the "dilution" and "commoditization of the Starbucks experience." Howard Schultz charmingly went on to lament specific examples of the company's "cookie cutter" problem, but then concluded the letter in a manner one would expect from a Starbucks executive: "This must be eradicated." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Starbucks Loses to McDonald’s in Coffee Smackdown

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2007 A recent taste test conducted by Consumer Reports found McDonald's coffee to be flawless, while Starbucks' offering was "burnt and bitter enough to make your eyes water instead of open." The coffee giant responded with a nondenial denial: "Choosing a brand of coffee is a personal decision, as taste is subjective." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )