A new study provides the first direct biological evidence explaining why some people continue to experience taste loss long after recovering from COVID-19.

We know that smell and sight can affect how food tastes. But science has shown that sound, and specifically, types of music, can also make or break a meal.

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...