The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has been named the hottest pepper on the planet by New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute, according to the Associated Press. The cherry-tomato-sized pepper ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there’s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it’s not surprising ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising ...

With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of very ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising ...

FALMOUTH - Just their menacing names alone may be enough to get some folks all hot and bothered: the devil's tongue, the ghost pepper and the Trinidad Moruga scorpion. Try taking a raw bite into one ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising that ...

A chilli farmer from Devon has embarked on a global search for the true origin of one of the world's hottest chillies. Amrit Madhoo, co-director of South Devon Chilli Farm, near Kingsbridge, travelled ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there’s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.

This undated image provided by New Mexico State University shows the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the new hottest pepper on the planet, as identified by NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute. Researchers ...