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

If you avoid eating plant-based foods because you detest the taste, you're not alone. But it is possible to trick your taste ...

In eastern Mexico’s underground caverns and streams, a blind fish undergoes a peculiar adolescence: as it approaches maturity, taste buds begin to sprout under its chin and on top of its head, ...

A study in JAMA Network Open found that people with the fewest number of taste buds, called non tasters, were significantly more likely to get COVID-19. Dreamstime TNS A symptom of early COVID-19 is ...

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 ...

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.

People say weed makes things taste better. I never got that—all weed ever did for me was drain the world of joy or purpose and recast all my past interactions as testaments to my utter fraudulence. In ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Despite belonging to the same species, there are technically two ...

Look up the hashtag "Guizhou sour soup" on short-video platform Douyin, China's TikTok, and you'll find posts with over 300 million views. People share footage of Guizhou sour soup hotpot enjoyed ...

The blind side of a Remo flounder's head as it was being dissected Paulo Presti When ichthyologist Paulo Presti, a graduate student at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, found a jar containing a ...

Stephanie Hansen’s favorite party food is dill pickle popcorn, and she’s sharing her secret recipe in this halftime edition of Taste Buds.