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‘Pristine’ Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — They aren’t the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover.

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Thursday, August 28, 2008.

New research reveals why chili peppers are hot

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite the popularity of spicy cuisine among Homo sapiens, the hotness in chili peppers has always been something of an evolutionary mystery.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Monday, August 11, 2008.