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Caffeine -- the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

A good reason to drink more coffee -- A recent study shows that drinking three cups of coffee a day my slow or even reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Read the full article in The Times Online.

Caffeine molecule

For the chemically inclined, this is the caffeine molecule, chemical formula C8H10N4O2.

Carbon atoms are grey, hydrogen white, nitrogen blue, and oxygen red.



This is the caffeine molecule in a 3D random dot stereogram. (Click to see a full size image, the 3D effect doesn't seem to work on this small image.)