Taste

Decoding Nature’s Most Elaborate Mating Dances

Arts, Culture & Media

An ornithologist argues that our definition or art is way too narrow. It’s not just a human activity — lots of plants and animals have aesthetic preferences, too.

Experts say that color and other sensory phenomena can prime our brains to expect certain flavors when we drink wine.

How does a wine’s color affect what we think of its flavor?

Food

Eating with Experts

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The World

Synesthesia: Can You Taste the Difference Between Sounds?

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The World

Emerging Science Note/Taste Test

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Emerging Science Note/Taste Test

Scientists show cues to the brain can influence taste.

The World

Health Update

Living On Earth’s Diane Toomey tells us that honey not only delights the taste buds, but it also might have potential as a medicine.

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The Cold War’s aesthetic revival

Arts, Culture & Media

The aesthetic glories of Stalinist architecture and East German industrial design are at the heart of an upcoming exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.