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

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 science's most masochistic measuring system: the Schmidt sting pain index
Schmidt is the sommelier of suffering. — Read the rest
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