An curved arrow pointing right. Bubble gum starts out with gum base, then flavorings and sweeteners are added. When it's all mixed up, it looks like a giant pink monster. The way it's streamlined ...

As you chew, the sweetener and flavoring dissolve in your saliva and spreads over your tongue. Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great ...

Class 4 recession is the most advanced form of recession where there is a lack of papilla (the gum tissue in between the ...

How does bumpy skin hide a cephalopod? The business of papillae. Papillae are sections of the skin that can be deformed in order to change texture, and may work by a hydrostatic mechanism (Allen ...

It's that "oh no!" moment. You've got gum stuck in your hair or your child's lovely locks. Nightmare! Worst case scenario -- an emergency haircut and a new hairdo that can take months, or even ...

British designer Anna Bullus is on a mission to recycle chewing gum into useful objects, cleaning up our streets in the process. More than £14bn is spent on chewing gum around the world each year ...

In the 2000 movie Bounce, Gwyneth Paltrow's character, Abby, explains that she really isn't a smoker at heart, but has started puffing on cigarettes to help her get off the nicotine gum to which ...

Chew on this: Chewing gum can be good for you. Not only can it freshen your breath, it can help you overcome cigarette cravings, improve your memory -- and even help you lose weight. Still ...

Cognitive interaction might partly explain the results of a sensory-instrumental study in which the perceived mintiness of chewing gum was rated continuously 56. At the same time, the ...

Ever been told you don’t floss by a dentist, even though you get in between your teeth with those handy picks every night?

But what about the “base” listed on the back of some chewing and bubble gum packets? It’s the second ingredient in many brands’ offerings, but its name is pretty vague. BBC Science Focus ...