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The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

  • Written by Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida
imageDavid Julius, one of the two recipients of the 2021 medicine Nobel Prize, used the active component in chile peppers to study how the brain senses heat.Anton Eine/EyeEm via Getty Images

Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way is that waterfall? Is it day or night? Is that food fresh or spoiled?

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