Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a ...

Some people swear they can taste the tiniest sprinkle of salt or sense when a recipe has one ingredient slightly out of balance. If any of that sounds familiar, you might have something surprising ...

A biologist studies blind cavefish, a species of fish that dwell in cave ponds in Mexico. He looked at the timeline for when the cavefish develop additional taste buds on the head and chin, finding ...

TASTE receptors might not strike you as very mysterious – they are on cells in the taste buds primarily found on your tongue and in your mouth and throat. When they bind to food molecules, they alert ...

Your relentless sugar cravings might have a surprisingly simple solution hiding in the produce section – bitter foods that can literally rewire your taste preferences and reduce your desire for sweets ...

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions ...