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 ...
Food & Wine

You Can Toss Out Everything You’ve Ever Learned About How Your Tongue Works — Here’s What to Know

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, ...
The New York Times

The Textbooks Were Wrong About How Your Tongue Works

The perception of taste is remarkably complex, not only on the tongue but in organs throughout the body. By Joanne Silberner Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw ...
Yahoo

Scientists have discovered a sixth basic taste detected by the tongue

Scientists have found that the tongue responds to ammonium chloride as a sixth basic taste, in addition to detecting sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavours. Research published on Thursday in ...
Medscape

Can Radiation Dose to Tongue Mucosa Predict Taste Loss in Head, Neck Cancer?

A new analysis found that mean radiation dose to the tongue mucosa did not improve predictions of taste impairment in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) compared with mean dose to the oral ...