Chili pepper names tell you everything you need to know: Dragon’s Breath, Carolina Reaper, Naga Viper. These peppers are bred to be as spicy as possible by bumping up the concentration of capsaicin ...

Harlan Howard once explained that a great country song is just “three chords and the truth.” But you can still get at the truth with an extra chord as the Red Hot Chili Peppers have done over and over ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Ritz in New York in 1986, from left: Jack Irons, Hillel Slovak, Flea and Anthony Kiedis Gary Gershoff/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: As Bono premieres his Andrew Dominik-directed ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Image: Norman Posselt—Getty Images) Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and ...