Your brain is what you eat
Fact: Women who followed a traditional Japanese diet had less brain shrinkage over a two-year study period compared to women who followed a western diet.
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‘I wouldn’t do it to my own kids’
Fact: Panayiota Demetriou is the only lacemaker left in the village of Kato Drys.
Tiramisu: a story as rich as its luscious layers
Fact: Tiramisu originated in the local trattorias of Treviso in the Veneto region of Italy and became popular for its combination of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and velvety mascarpone.
The year 2025 is the ‘Super Bowl of tax,’ says Rep. Blake Moore. Will your taxes go up?
In 2020, Rep. Blake Moore visited Nucor, a steel and recycling manufacturing plant in northern Utah, where he learned about the positive impact of the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on the business. The tax cuts led to real wage growth and reinvestment in the community, such as Nucor buying ambulances for the local community. Moore believes that low corporate taxes benefit everyone and is pushing to increase deductions for small businesses. He anticipates that significant changes in tax policy may occur in 2025, depending on the outcome of elections and government control.
Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee
Coffee made from the Arabica bean is the most appreciated by coffee drinkers. Researchers have unlocked the genome of the Arabica species, tracing its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species in Ethiopia. Arabica has low genetic diversity due to inbreeding and small population size. Arabica represents the majority of the world’s coffee production and is known for its superior flavor compared to Robusta coffee. Arabica was found to have formed as a natural hybridization between Coffea canephora and Coffea eugenioides.