Food tends to taste bland in space, astronauts have reported, making it tough for them to eat enough to stay healthy. Focusing on foods' smell might help overcome this problem, a new study says. Aroma ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and ...

What gives a lemon its lemoniness? It’s the physical molecules within the fruit. A bite into a lemon wedge sends citric acid molecules and other compounds to the tongue and through the nose, a one-two ...

Juree Burgett, who traveled from Kansas, smells various varieties of cannabis at a dispensary in Kansas City, Missouri -- a state where recreational pot use is now ...

The smell of rain is called “petrichor,” and its origins are surprisingly complex. You know the smell. It’s there every time the first fat raindrops hit the ground—a distinctive, earthy scent that ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers aimed to quantitatively assess the long-term smell and taste-associated outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using ...

In his million-word novel “In Search of Lost Time,” French author Marcel Proust described how a sip of lime blossom tea and a bite of madeleine cake transported him back to his childhood. Today, ...

Spring has sprung — and in many parts of the world, you can smell it. The air might smell sweeter, with notes of budding florals and pollen. But there are complex parts of the scent, too, more ...

You probably know that certain senses, like hearing and vision, become less acute with age. But you might not realize that taste is another one. In a 2025 study published in The International Forum of ...