Taste buds: From flavor explosions to muted meals—why our taste changes as we age

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

There Is Accounting For Good, Bad Taste Ask Dr. H Mitchell Hecht

Q: Can you explain how taste buds work? A: Who says that there’s no accounting for good taste? Sure you can! One person’s idea of a heavenly good taste is another’s unpleasant experience. We all have ...
Medicine Buffalo

New type of taste cell discovered in mice

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some taste cells are multitaskers that can detect bitter, sweet, umami and sour stimuli, a new study finds. The research challenges conventional notions of how taste works. In the past ...
Yahoo

The miracle berry can make sour foods taste sweet. Should you try it?

The miracle berry “rewires” the way your taste buds work, turning sour or acidic flavors into a sweet sensation. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) As one writer put it, it’s “a ...