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A mouthful of pain... a man taking a bite of the Bhut jolokia or 'ghost pepper' one of the hottest chili peppers in the world. It has a Scoville rating of around 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units. (Lauri Rantala, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic via Flickr)

Worlds Hottest Pepper Sends Man to Hospital

April 11, 2018

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

August 11, 2014

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 – […]

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