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Scientist voluntarily endured world's most painful stings to rate them for you

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 09, 2024
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Don't let its beautiful colors fool you: The tarantula hawk delivers one of nature's most excruciating stings, described as

Ever wonder what hurts more — a honey bee sting or a paper wasp's jab? Justin O. Schmidt did more than wonder. This intrepid entomologist volunteered to get stung by nearly every stinging insect on Earth to create what might be scie…

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