What’s really the spiciest part of a chili?
You’ve probably heard people say the way to tone down the spice from a hot pepper is to get rid of its seeds. It turns out, the seeds aren’t really at the root of a chili’s spiciness after all.
Why we crave hot peppers but pests don’t
You may have a real craving for hot peppers and hot pepper products, but it turns out certain pests don’t exactly share your affection. Certain pests, like mice, are actually repelled by capsaicin. That’s, of course, the active component of chili peppers that makes them so hot.
Spicy pepper substance found in breast milk
If you’re a fan of spicy food you may be training your baby right now for a lifetime love of spicy food. It turns out piperine, a spicy substance found in hot peppers, is detectable in breast milk one hour after eating a curry dish containing pepper
The science behind hot peppers and a recent Nobel Prize
To survive, mammals need to regulate their body temperature. But in order for this to happen, they have to be able to perceive and sense the temperature around them. Until now, understanding touch and temperature has been a bit of a mystery.
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