Worlds Hottest Pepper Sends Man to Hospital
In recent years, hot pepper eating challenges have popped up in many places around the world, attracting a cult-like following. Challenge participants are looking to see if they can handle eating some of the world’s hottest peppers. A new study, published in the journal BMJ Case Stories, provides an account of one man who wound […]
Woodpeckers Provide Scientists with Clues on Brain Injury Prevention
Sounding like a miniature jackhammer in overdrive, a quiet morning’s peace is suddenly interrupted by bursts of loud, rapid tapping. It doesn’t take long, however, to realize that the intense and precise tapping is actually the sound of a woodpecker using his beak to search for his breakfast – usually insects or tree sap – […]