Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think The trial included hundreds of participants with peanut allergies. The oral regimen contained trace amounts of peanut protein, and participants would take increasing amounts of the protein over the course of six months, with the goal being to retrain

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network This groundbreaking new piece of research could offer a life-saving reprieve for people suffering from the constant danger of accidentally being exposed to peanuts. According to a new study that was published in the New England Journal of

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News Carefully calibrated doses of peanut protein can turn extreme allergies around. At the end of a year of slowly increasing exposure, most children who started off severely allergic could eat the equivalent of two peanuts. That reversal, reported

Source: Atlas Obscura Coca-Cola and peanuts are two iconic pieces of culinary Americana. In the South, the snacks swirl together in an unusual, but incredibly satisfying pairing. Historians speculate that the Southern tradition of blending shelled, salted peanuts and Coke may have originated in

Source: Atlas Obscura Route 460 cuts through the heart of Virginia peanut country and leads travelers to the town of Waverly, home of a groundbreaking institution devoted to the humble goober: the first peanut museum in the United States. The peanut, also called a groundnut or pindar (a legume