Our taste buds are delicate, and the powerful tang that causes people to flock to sour candy damages the tongue's taste buds and skin. Thankfully, our taste buds can heal, but with constant ...

True to its name, a helping of sour candy can be intensely mouth-puckering. But what exactly makes this sweet treat such a wonderfully sour experience?

When we eat sour food, we instantaneously react due to a taste-sensing circuit between the tongue and the brain. Two papers published today (September 19)—one in Cell and the other in Current ...