A graphene sensor trained by machine learning can now taste like a human, identifying both basic and complex flavors with ...

Think for a minute about the little bumps on your tongue. You probably saw a diagram of those taste bud arrangements once in a biology textbook — sweet sensors at the tip, salty on either side ...

A team of researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new graphene-based sensor design ...

"Your taste buds can kind of change and evolve as you age and some of that may be generic — your genes turning on and off," ...

The more papillae you have, the more taste buds you have and the more sensitive to taste you are. On average, non-tasters have fewer than 15 papillae in that area, while supertasters have over 30 ...

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth. It's covered with moist, pink tissue called mucosa. Tiny bumps called papillae give the tongue its rough texture. Thousands of taste buds cover the ...

So the next time you reach for your toothbrush, don’t forget to give your tongue some attention too. Your taste buds, your breath, and your overall health will thank you.