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VIDEOS AT LINK........... The world's most expensive coffee comes from the rear end of a small mammal from South Asia known as an Asian common palm civet. To better understand what makes the brew so special, researchers from Central University of Kerala in India led a study into the chemistry behind the prized blend, confirming what many coffee connoisseurs suspected. In the wild, this small mammal (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) will eat coffee cherries of its own accord and poop out the undigested beans. Over a century ago, some daring – or perhaps even desperate – person discovered that these could be...

Four cups of coffee a day may keep certain cancers away. A new study involving a Utah researcher found caffeinated coffee may protect drinkers from cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx. Regular coffee drinkers — defined as four cups or more a day — reduce their risk of the cancers by 39 percent, according to a study published Tuesday by the American Association for Cancer Research. Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator Mia Hashibe was involved in the effort to pool results from nine studies, collected by the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology consortium, which led to the findings. According...

Caffeine motivates female rats to have more frequent sex, a new study suggests. But don't start guzzling more coffee just yet. Scientists gave 108 female rats a moderate dose of caffeine. The caffeine shortened the amount of time it took the females to return to males after a first romp, indicating they were more motivated to do it again. Loading up on more caffeine is not expected to improve human sex drive in most cases, however.