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Your Skin (and Lungs and Butt) Can Taste Things

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03.03.2025
Our tongues openly rebel against bitterness as a way of protecting us from things that could potentially cause us harm. Turns out our skin might have similar taste receptors that give extra protection against potentially harmful compounds. Researchers from Okayama University of Science in Okayama, Japan, found that a taste receptor called TAS2R doesn’t just […] The post Your Skin (and Lungs and Butt) Can Taste Things appeared first on VICE.

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