Why the sweet taste of sugary foods diminishes when they’re cool

Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 12:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Have you ever noticed how a bite of warm cherry pie fills your mouth with sweetness, but that same slice right out of the refrigerator isn’t nearly as tempting? Scientists know this phenomenon to be true, but the mechanism behind it has been poorly understood. Now, using fruit flies as his subjects, UC Santa Barbara […]

Read the whole article on Science Blog

More from Science Blog

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net