Mouths may be home to a multi-tasking taste bud cell able to simultaneously identify four different stimuli. Taste bud cells have traditionally thought to be capable of only detecting a specific taste ...

Conduct a simple scientific experiment to find out whether you have a supertaster tongue or not. All you need is: This is what you need to do: Using a cotton bud, swab some food colouring on to the ...

When trying to stick to a diet, the temptation of delicious sugary snacks can be too much to resist. But there is good news for dieters trying to avoid these unhealthy foods. A device called Taste ...

Are you excited that Christmas is almost with us? I must confess that Christmas dinner is one of my favourite meals of the year. I love the turkey, the cranberry sauce and the Brussels sprouts.

Why does toothpaste give orange juice a weird aftertaste? It’s one of many surprisingly easy ways to trick your tongue – and your brain – into experiencing strange flavours, says Veronique Greenwood.