![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917103633im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field New Research Reveals Why Chili Peppers are Hot
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August 11, 2008
![wild chili pepper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917103633im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/chili_pepper_l.jpg) | Despite the popularity of spicy cuisine among Homo sapiens, the hotness in chili peppers has always been something of an evolutionary mystery. Full story |
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