Search results
Do we have taste receptors in other parts of our body?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLittle boy licking ice cream in a cone during summertime. Most of the cell types in your body appear...
Fact Check: Posts Claim Men's Testicles Have Taste Receptors. It's Not as Nutty as It Seems
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoGetty Images Claim: Men have taste receptors on the testicles in their scrotums. Rating: On May 14,...
Scientists Discover How Bitter Taste Reception Actually Works
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScientists are unraveling the secrets of how our mouths can taste bitterness. A new study details...
Scientists finally figure out why cats are obsessed with tuna
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoClose-up of a tabby cat eating canned cat food from white ceramic plate placed on the floor. A tin...
You Can Toss Out Everything You’ve Ever Learned About How Your Tongue Works — Here’s What to Know
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIt's so much more complex than previously thought. Getty The way to someone’s heart may be through...
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami, and ‘window cleaner’? Scientists say they’ve discovered a sixth...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIf you’re fortunate, all the flavors will be featured at this year’s holiday feasts—sweet, salty,...
Salt taste is surprisingly mysterious
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe’ve all heard of the five tastes our tongues can detect — sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami and salty. But the real number is actually six, because we...
Hate Bitter Foods? You Might Be a Supertaster (and Not a Picky Eater), According to a Nutritionist
Real Simple via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere's what it means to be a supertaster—and how to make the healthy foods you hate taste better....
Why do people like spicy food?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoClose up image of a person with chopsticks as they dive into Szechwan dry hotpot with chicken wing and prawn. Not everyone likes it hot. That's because...
Researchers identify a new taste receptor in flies for alkaline food
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoIt has been known for some time that animals can taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter foods, but...