A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you.

The perception of taste is remarkably complex, not only on the tongue but in organs throughout the body.

There are many tiny spots or bumps on the tongue that people need for taste and sensation. Causes of unusual spots include lie bumps, burns, and canker sores.

An electronic tongue that can replicate flavours like cake and fish soup could help recreate food in virtual reality, but can't yet simulate other things that influence taste, such as smell.

If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the tongue ...

When you get your virtual meal, the e-Taste cooks up the recipe and releases a couple drops of the concoction straight to your tongue.

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Could this be the ultimate taste-tester? Scientists have created an electronic “tongue” they say uses AI to differentiate between the sodas Coke and Pepsi — with the potential to detect the ...

A new review in the New England Journal of Medicine reassessed how the human tongue and tastebuds work and found that much of what we know about taste mapping is completely incorrect — and much ...

An electronic tongue that can replicate flavours like cake and fish soup could help recreate food in virtual reality, but can’t yet simulate other things that influence taste, such as smell.