Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a sensitive bunch. Taste buds are clusters of tiny sensory cells. They detect ...

Your last meal is usually to blame if there’s a bad taste lingering in your mouth — but it could also be a sign you’re sick. So if something’s sour — or stale or rotten or just otherwise gross — read ...

Tributes are pouring in for Vince Zampella, the gaming industry “titan” who died in a reported car crash on Angeles Crest Highway on Sunday, Dec. 21. Zampella “played a foundational role” in the ...

Tributes are pouring in for Vince Zampella, the gaming industry “titan” who died in a reported car crash on Angeles Crest Highway on Sunday, Dec. 21. Zampella “played a foundational role” in the ...

Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars. But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a ...

Russia said it did not want to hold negotiations with "a megaphone" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dropped Kyiv's demand to join the NATO alliance, though Moscow also said the issue is a ...

While 2025 was by no means a quiet year for gaming culture, it sure felt like it slipped by in relatively lissome fashion. As the page turns on the midpoint of this decade, much of what made headlines ...

Join our hilarious trio—including a priest and two friends—as we dive into the world of traditional English drinks. From the nostalgic taste of Barley Water and the ancient fizz of Dandelion & Burdock ...

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...

In a world where video game consoles are largely becoming PCs for your TV, it makes sense that Valve would be jumping back into the console market with a new Steam Machine. The original Steam Machine ...

GDC announced earlier this year that it would be rebranding as "GDC Festival of Gaming," which led many to speculate that the business-focused event might be intending to invite consumers as well.