{
  "id": 20209689,
  "title": "How sourness overpowers other kinds of tastes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/how-sourness-overpowers-other-kinds-of-tastes",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-15T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-sourness-overpowers-kinds.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When organisms consume foods or drinks with a mixture of tastes, like sweet and sour, how do their taste buds communicate this taste information to the brain? In a new study in JNeurosci, Stephen Roper and colleagues at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine advanced understanding by measuring how signals pass from the tongue to the brain in mice during exposure to mixed tastes.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}