28 May How does toothpaste make orange juice taste bad?
What is it about toothpaste that transforms the sweet flavour of orange juice into something so bitter? What the cause of this mysterious sensory phenomenon...
15 May What makes eating so satisfying?
Scientists are learning to enhance our enjoyment of food by analysing exactly how we experience it. So how do they deconstruct the multisensory interplay involved?...
11 Oct Why wine and tea pair so well with a meal: it’s all in the mouthfeel
Of course a nice glass of wine goes well with a hearty steak, and now researchers who study the way food feels in our mouths think they may understand why that is: The astringent wine and fatty meat are like the yin...