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

Humans have approximately 10,000 taste buds, each equipped to detect the five basic tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami The lemon's sour sensation is a complex dance of chemistry, biology, ...

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 ...