Drinking coffee makes you more open-minded (link2) – It’s been known that coffee makes it more likely that you’ll be persuaded by a good argument. This study helps pin down the reason, which is because you’re more able to concentrate on the argument itself.

Scientists breed allergy-free kitty (link2) – A friend of mine says real cat lovers just take allergy medicine and suffer. This company has genetically engineered a hypoallergenic cat, for those of us who are not masochistic. One will cost you several thousand dollars, though.

If You Drop It, Should You Eat It? – This study, which finds the 5-second rule to be inaccurate, was done in 2003 and was supervised by Dr. Hans-Peter Blaschek (link2). But for some odd reason, this undated article quotes Dr. Blaschek as saying that the 5-second rule does hold true. I personally go with whatever the Mythbusters decide.

Further reading:

• Chad’s Links #19 – August 8th, 2006
• Chad’s Links #12 – June 5th, 2006
• Chad’s Links #20 – August 15th, 2006
• #2 Brad Pad
• Chad’s Links #25 – October 2nd, 2006