Turing pattern explains coffee farm ants, leopard spots

"The same equations that Turing used for chemistry, we can use in ecology." Here's how they apply to the complex ecosystems on coffee farms.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 13, 2019 ~7 min

Coffee grounds offer greener way to dye fabric brown

A new, all-natural way to dye clothes brown uses leftover coffee grounds and avoids the chemicals and synthetic dyes the textile industry uses now.

Angie Hunt-Iowa State • futurity
Sept. 23, 2019 ~3 min


Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, local firms partner on compost program

Harvard's Arnold Arboretum partners with local businesses on environmentally responsible composting program.

Deborah Blackwell • harvard
July 18, 2019 ~8 min

Why do we like bitter drinks? Not taste, genes suggest

"People like the way coffee and alcohol make them feel. That's why they drink it. It's not the taste."

Marla Paul-Northwestern • futurity
May 13, 2019 ~3 min

Listen: How did people start consuming coffee?

How did coffee become a part of the human diet? An ethnobotanist explains.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
March 29, 2019 ~1 min

Coffee combo may fight Parkinson’s disease

While researchers have credited caffeine for coffee's power to protect against Parkinson's disease, it's not the only thing in coffee that could help.

Caitlin Coyle-Rutgers • futurity
Dec. 16, 2018 ~3 min

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