When I was in the third year of my undergraduate degree, my classmates and I were tasked with quite a terrible experiment for our microbiology class. We were to fill Petri dishes with agar-agar and ...

Psychologists have found that we tend to associate our disgusting memories with smells, tastes and touches. The findings of the study, by researchers at Macquarie University in Australia, and ...

From nappy changes to nursing care, exposure to unpleasant substances is a daily reality for millions of people but how does the brain adapt? New research from neuroscientists at the University of ...

What do crispy bacon, a juicy beef steak, human flesh and feces have in common? They all trigger the same powerful reaction in vegetarians—disgust. A study has compared the effects of a placebo pill ...

Worried about dirty diapers? Science says you’ll get used to it.