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Alan checks out this year\u2019s Kavli Prizes and discovers how figuring out why hot peppers are hot could lead to new pain killing drugs; how putting a tiny black hole in your gas tank would give you a mileage of a billion miles per gallon; and why giving a new generation of electron microscopes the ability to see atoms was a little like being able to see inside a baking cake while it\u2019s still in the oven.\n\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid