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

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

Some people swear they can taste the tiniest sprinkle of salt or sense when a recipe has one ingredient slightly out of balance. If any of that sounds familiar, you might have something surprising ...

All of the cells in your body are held together by an outer layer, known as the membrane, that is made up of fats called ...

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 ...

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, ...

Taste buds are specialised sensory organs that facilitate the detection of chemical stimuli, ultimately guiding dietary preferences and enabling protective reflexes. Composed of distinct cell types – ...

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 ...