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Chocolate helps heart healthy
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Chocolate helps heart healthy

Each day a small piece of dark chocolate protects the heart from inflammation, thus avoiding heart problems. Milk chocolate does not have this ability.

December 18, 2018
Chemical secrets of love
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Chemical secrets of love

No, love is not just in the head. This sentiment is expressed by hormonal fluctuations ... Discovering the chemical secrets of love.

December 18, 2018
Chocolate is more attractive than a kiss
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Chocolate is more attractive than a kiss

The taste of chocolate gives the feeling of ecstasy more than a kiss. A new study found that the moment of melting chocolate in the mouth brought about four times the pl…

December 18, 2018
People know how to sniff for traces
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People know how to sniff for traces

Humans also have the ability to track the scent of a lawn like a crane, and this ability will be significantly improved through the training process.

December 18, 2018
New discoveries about cocoa history
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New discoveries about cocoa history

Ancient people in South America may have sipped hot cocoa for centuries before Mexicans began planting this plant around 1900 BC.

December 17, 2018
Maya people use chocolate as spices
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Maya people use chocolate as spices

Archaeologists have discovered traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). That said, cocoa may have been used by the Mayans not onl…

December 17, 2018
Early days of chocolate
Biology

Early days of chocolate

Long before the Aztecs brought chocolate to the world, more ancient civilizations used cocoa, the source of chocolate-making materials, to create a completely different…

December 17, 2018
Coat color can affect the life of the dog
Animal world

Coat color can affect the life of the dog

A new study by the University of Sydney (Australia) shows that the life expectancy of dogs and the risk of developing disease is related to their color.

December 16, 2018