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From interestingengineering.com - April 29, 2018 7:24 AM
In addition to being delicious, chocolate has many other positive attributes. Just this week, researchers at Loma Linda University found that chocolate reduces stress levels and inflammation and improves mood, memory, and immunity.

This may be the reason why scientists at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have joined forces with food and candy firm Mars to try and save cacao crops from an extinction feared to happen by 2050 as a result of climate change. Together, they are experimenting with a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to make cacao crops more resilient.