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

Khaberni - An unusual taste in the mouth, whether bitter or sour, is not just a fleeting annoyance, but may represent an ...

Your last meal is usually to blame if there’s a bad taste lingering in your mouth — but it could also be a sign you’re sick.

So a bit of a biology lesson: The tiny bumps on your tongue are called papillae (AKA clusters of taste buds), and these papillae can get irritated. “The little tiny bumps that you see on the end of ...

Maintaining good oral hygiene is crucial for overall health, and most people focus primarily on brushing their teeth. However, brushing your tongue is just as important, and neglecting it can lead to ...

The unpleasant taste that remains in your mouth for a long time can usually be attributed to the last food you ate. However, ...

The small bumps you can see on the tip of your tongue when you look at your tongue in the mirror are taste papillae. And at the back of your tongue are large taste papillae, with deep trenches lined ...

Scientists have built a graphene-based device that can taste with near-human accuracy in a breakthrough that pushes artificial sensing closer to human ability. The system uses machine learning to ...

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 ...