The tongue-- sorry, the tongue, a one-word name for an incredible group of muscles. It's also my favorite body part. I don't have to exercise it, massage it, or worry that it'll look flabby at the ...

The traditional taste map of the tongue that is taught in school is a myth. The idea that tastes like salt and sweet are perceived in neatly defined areas of the tongue is wrong, or at best, a ...

Right then children. We’re here at the doctor’s to take a good look at a human tongue, so stay close please and try not to get swallowed. Now the tongue is actually a muscle, and its surface ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine and is part of National Geographic’s Future of Food initiative, a special five-year project that seeks to show how ...

The surprising truth behind the Tiktok trend of training taste buds with a handful of raw spinach first thing in the morning.