In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
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In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
Hot news: How Arizona ended up supplying most of the nation's chili pepper seeds
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2 years ago
Hot news: How Arizona ended up supplying most of the nation's chili pepper seeds
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 also culture-defining. What would Mexican, Thai or Indian food be without chili kicking up the heat?
But before that spicy seasoning can be sprinkled onto your favorite foods, it starts in the ground as a chili pepper seed. One of the people producing those seeds is Ed Curry, who operates the Curry Seed and Chile Co. in Pearce, Arizona.
Curry has been working on the genetics of peppers for almost his whole life. In the farming industry, most of the peppers grown commercially in the United States can be traced back to his farm.
But how did chili peppers get to Arizona in the first place? And why are Arizona's chilis making such a huge impact nationwide?
In this episode of The Lab, in conjunction with Valley 101, we find out these answers and more.
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The Lab at azcentral
In each new season, the bioscience team at azcentral.com examines a new element of scientific research to show you what it means for how we live today.
Season one is all about “weird science.” You’ll find fish that swim in the desert, tiny insects in cage matches and robots that talk to plants. It all sounds pretty strange.
But behind some of their weirdest scientific experiments, researchers are learning some things that are life-and-death serious. The changing climate, the future of degenerative neurological diseases, the future of human life itself ... some of it might someday depend on these weird cases.
