BUFFALO, N.Y. – The ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have struggled to understand on a molecular level exactly how our bodies sense these ...

Scientists are learning more about how weather affects pain. People have long sworn they can tell a change in the weather is coming by an ache in their joints or pain in their head. In recent years, ...

The chemicals that make food spicy don't target taste receptors, but rather temperature receptors in the tongue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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