16-01-28 Did you know electricity can alter the way we taste food? Proving this fact is a revolutionary electric fork designed by Japanese researchers that can make any dish taste salty, thus acting as a substitute for the popular seasoning. 你知道电可以改变...

15-07-16 The gorillas in the valleys in the south often lived together in groups of several tens. They were fond of drinking wine, and even fonder of imitating man's behavior. People knew very well their habits and often put wine or distiller's grains on the...

15-05-27 We've just grown apart. 我们产生了隔阂/我们变得疏远。 I'd love to get reacquainted. 我想重新认识你。 How is the old battle-axe? 母夜叉怎么样了? You don't have to be so graphic with her. 你不用说得这么形象吧? I'll have to get back to you. 我再打给你...

15-05-20 Rotating your plate as it is placed on the table may improve the taste of your food, psychologists claim. 心理学家称，食物摆上桌后，转动盘子，换一个方向，可能会让食物更好吃。 People have a subconscious preference for food that points away from them,...

15-01-05 A new study has found that people who like stimulating their taste buds with meals such as a vindaloo curry also have risk-taking personalities. Researchers in the US tested 200 people to see how they reacted to certain adrenalin pumping sensations,...

14-12-22 Of the fruits of the year I give my vote to the orange. In the first place it is a perennial -- if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocer's shop. On the days when dessert is a name given to a handful of chocolates and a little preserved gin...

14-11-30 一项新研究表明，用蓝色杯子或玻璃杯喝咖啡会降低咖啡的苦味，不用加糖就会感觉更甜。实验表明，相比玻璃杯，用白色杯子喝咖啡会感觉味道更浓；而相比有颜色的杯子，用白色杯子喝咖啡会感觉味道更苦。 More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the...

14-11-06 Ghost taste is the familiar taste that accompanies a post-meal burp. Its like deja-vu in your mouth. 回味就是吃完饭后打嗝时涌上来的一股熟悉的味道，嘴里充满了似曾相识的食物的味道。 Some food including garlic, onion and Chinese chives would definitely...

14-06-25 Vampire bats' strict blood diet has made them lose much of their ability to taste bitter flavours, a study has found. 一项研究发现，吸血蝙蝠绝对的血液饮食使它们失去了品尝苦味的能力。 Bitter taste acts as a natural defence against eating poisonous fo...

14-06-25 You and your kind are a canker on the body social. 你和你的同伙是社会的毒瘤。 I was born rich, certainly, but I remain rich by virtue of exceptional conduct. I have shown restraint. 我出身富贵，但是我能一直这样富贵，是因为我的高尚品行。我很克制自己...