![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)](https://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/files/2018/04/4053613149_81a8f3553d_b-276x207.jpg)
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 […]
![NOAA's GOES-R satellite is launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (NASA/Kim Shiflett)](https://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/files/2016/11/geos-r-launchx-276x207.jpg)
Advanced Weather Satellite in Space; Can Migraines Lead to Stroke?
NASA Launches NOAA’S Advanced Weather Satellite On Saturday, 11/19/16, NASA launched the first of four advanced weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will maintain a geostationary orbit nearly 36,000 kilometers above Earth’s western hemisphere. Called the Geostationary Operational Environmental […]
Brain Blood Flow Changes Could Trigger Brain Freeze, Migraines
You’ve got a delicious ice cream cone in your hand and you can’t wait to taste it. You quickly take a big bite out of the frozen treat when – BANG – you get this incredibly intense shooting pain in your head. Some call it an ice cream headache or brain freeze. Although it can […]