Every October, America divides into two camps: those who think candy corn tastes like candle wax mixed with sadness, and ...

Sweet and spicy candy is well-loved among its fans for a reason. There's a fascinating science behind our penchant for this ...

Flavoured drinks without sugar can be perceived as sweet – and now researchers know why. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals that ...

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort. Now, brain scans and machine learning have for the first time pinpointed ...

New research from the University of Melbourne reveals that the brain evaluates a food’s healthiness, tastiness, and calorie ...

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that the brain’s taste cortex responds not only to flavors on the tongue but also to aromas that reach the nose while eating, known as retronasal ...