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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 […]

Black Hole Mass Measured; Ice Sheets on Mars; Saliva Diagnoses Disease

May 6, 2016

Astronomers Precisely Measure Black Hole Mass A group of astronomers have been able to determine the precise mass of a distant black hole in the center of an enormous elliptical galaxy 73 million light years away. The galaxy is called NGC 1332 and is located in the direction of the southern constellation Eridanus. To measure […]

NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by Saturn's icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 14, 2015, capturing this stunning image of the moon's north pole. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)

A Close Look at Saturn Moon’s North Pole; Imitation Skin Senses Pressure

October 16, 2015

Cassini Explores North Pole Area of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been sending back spectacular images and providing scientists with valuable data about the Saturn and its many moons since its arrival there in 2004. On October 14th, Cassini returned to Saturn’s ice-covered and 6th largest moon Enceladus, the latest of many trips […]

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August 22, 2014

New Web-based Program Helps Doctors Save Lives

June 8, 2012

Heart failure is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and is among the most expensive chronic diseases to treat.  When a patient comes in to the emergency room complaining about having difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, fatigue, or chest tightness, the health care professionals must decide then and there if the patient is […]

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