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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Cocoa

Why are humans able to speak & learn complex languages? The answer could be locked in a gene variant

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Asia’s chocolate demand unlikely to bounce back as pandemic weakens consumption

Cocoa Association of Asia says consumption may pick up pace in the second half if vaccine roll-outs are successful, travel restrictions are lifted & global economy recuperates.

Before you eat chocolates again, know that cocoa farmers are going hungry

The asymmetry of information between the first mile (chocolate producers) and last mile (chocolate consumers) leads to a shocking reality.

India, China to sweeten chocolate sales in Asia as global production falters

The International Cocoa Organization in November said India and China will be major drivers of chocolate demand as processing in the West shows signs of weakness.

No more chocolate by 2050? The risks of a chococalypse are real & we must be mindful

India is currently one of the fastest-growing chocolate markets, with demand steadily rising over the past years. But chocolate producers are struggling.

This incurable swollen-shoot disease is killing most of the world’s Cocoa trees

Scientists are only just beginning to introduce early detection methods of the disease, which was identified nearly a century ago and has cut Ghana's crop forecast by 11% this season.

Meet the Asian chocolatiers spicing up cocoa treats for the world

From mixing soy sauce with their sweets to producing cocoa with tobacco aftertaste, a growing crop of chocolate artisans are redefining sweet tooth.

The world just can’t get enough chocolate

The global chocolate market shows no sign of slowing down with the three main cocoa processing regions reporting a rise in cocoa demand in the third quarter from a year earlier.

No more chocolate by 2050? Why we need to understand what’s at stake

Indians have a fling for anything sweet and chocolate has become one of their favourite treats as they perceive it as healthy, hence they do not hesitate when it comes to snacking.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.