Many favorite foods feel heavier and less satisfying today, as diet, stress, sleep, and food processing quietly reshape ...

New sensory nutrition research reveals how bitter foods like dark chocolate may sharpen memory and attention through taste-triggered brain activation.

Finding the right taste to send mosquitoes packing could save hundreds of thousands of lives. (Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash) Mosquitoes are the most ...

New research reveals why different organic acids produce unique sour tastes and why some people enjoy intense puckering sensations.

Things Boomers learned in school that turned out to be wrong Baby Boomers sat through countless lessons that seemed ironclad at the time. Teachers confidently taught ...

Even then, it only takes one sperm to fertilise an egg, with only around 200–500 sperm typically surviving the journey to reach it. Added to that, it turns out that a woman's uterus can actually taste ...

Thailand redefines the standard for “normal sweet” drinks, cutting sugar by 50% to reduce health risks and NCDs ...

Experts have explained how a woman's uterus can 'taste' bad sperm, with TAS2Rs being present in the fallopian tubes and uterus ...

A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful substances. But bitter taste receptors can apparently do much more than just ...

Hypertension affects approximately 1.3 billion adults worldwide, yet the control rate remains below 20%, highlighting the limitation of current therapies that primarily lower blood pressure without ...

Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a sensitive bunch. Taste buds are clusters of tiny sensory cells. They detect ...