Bugs put the heat in chilli peppers
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
If you're a fan of habanero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope. New research shows they are the ones responsible for the heat in chilli peppers...
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