Menthol activates TRPM8 receptors on nerve endings in your mouth, which are the same receptors responsible for sensing cold.

Mint makes water feel icy because menthol activates cold receptors in the mouth, tricking the brain into sensing lower temperatures, scientists explain.

On New Year’s Day, Texas resident Sue Calhoun bit into a Milky Way bar and felt something hard that clearly wasn’t candy.

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For the third consecutive year, the Sharon High School Interact Club, along with students in Senora Songer-Groeneweg’s ...

On Monday, Jan. 5, a citywide food drive kicked off Elgin’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with drop-offs for food at area houses of worship, schools, city buildings and fire stations.

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Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary experiences come wrapped in the most unassuming packages, and BobbyD’s Merchant St BBQ in Emporia, Kansas is the living, smoking proof of that philosophy. You ...