The newest sort of tasty experimentally-grown food to hit the International Space Station are chile (or chili) peppers. Red and green chili peppers, sent to the ISS in the form of Hatch chili pepper ...

AMES, Iowa – If you’ve enjoyed some spicy food lately, you might have a bird to thank. Organisms depend on each other in intricate and often poorly understood ways, Rogers said, meaning the decline of ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Birds with a taste for spice help spread the seeds of rare wild chili peppers, according to new research. When a team of scientists set out to better understand the mutually beneficial ...

What makes a chili pepper spicy, colorful, and full of flavor? Scientists have now decoded the genetic journey behind pepper development, using long-read sequencing to build the most comprehensive ...

Spicy: it's the flavor you see everywhere. Just take a look at your local convenience store. Spicy chips, spicy chicken sandwiches, spicy noodles. There's even a movie now about Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

It’s not necessary to remove the seeds from shishito peppers before using. While the seeds of chili peppers may contain some heat, it’s the inner ribs of peppers that contain the fiery spice. The ...