So Hot Right Now: Why We Love the Chile Pepper

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Aug 18, 202648:24Arts

Perhaps no other plant is as entwined with pain and pleasure as the chile pepper. But why does it burn—and why on earth do we crave that uncomfortable sensation? How did capsaicin's fungus-fighting, digestion-enhancing,...

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