Everybody has seen the tongue map — that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides ...

Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides ...

A new study published in the journal Cell Reports in March 2020 reports the use of advanced and rapid spectral imaging techniques to develop a detailed map of microbial communities on the human ...

One of my grandmother's favorite things to cook was cold pressed ox tongue, though it's a tradition that I don't really feel ...

A mysterious condition that gives the tongue a mottled appearance that can sometimes resemble a map of the continents has long baffled scientists, but new research may offer some clues to its causes.

A study published in the journal Oceans details the remarkable chance encounter between a group of citizen scientists on a ...

Known as geographic tongue (GT), the condition affects about two per cent of the population and is characterized by evolving red patches on the surface of the tongue that-as the name suggests-can have ...

Dialect coach Erik Singer is back, this time to take a look at tongue twisters. We've all tried tongue twisters in our lives, and know how hard they can be! But "why" are they hard? What makes one ...

Columbia University scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new ...

Wildfires burning on either side of the Tongue River have surpassed 31,000 acres burned as of Tuesday morning, according to the latest infrared maps.The fires ...