Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An online test that aims to tell you your level of tolerance for food-related triggers that can cause disgust has gone viral.

Of no small interest to Darwin and, after him, to Freud and all those working in his wide cultural shadow, disgust as a topic of theoretical inquiry would go into retreat for much of the latter part ...

An online quiz reveals an awful lot about how we think about other people's food habits. Why It's OK to Eat Moldy Blue Cheese There are reasons for some of this, primarily that it was hammered into me ...

A new study says feelings of disgust is actually a biological response that helps you stay healthy by keeping you far away from harmful pathogens in rotten food, diseased bugs, and more. “Disgust ...

Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore. But the attraction to stuff that grosses us out goes beyond this annual ...

Disgust may play a role in a sexual dysfunction that often renders penetration impossible, new research finds, perhaps revealing a psychological component to physical sexual complaints. Specifically, ...

The feeling of disgust isn't particularly enjoyable, but new research suggests the "ewww" has its role: People who are disgusted are better at detecting impurities. In other words, disgust makes it ...

Last week, Donald Trump was once again disgusted. Commenting on Hillary Clinton’s awkward bathroom break during the last Democratic debate, he said, “I know where she went, it’s disgusting, I don’t ...

With a War-of-the-Worlds-proportion panic washing over the country, many are wondering what the next few months will look like in terms of basic daily life. As a disgust researcher, I have been ...

Philip Powell is Principal Investigator on the project "Feeling sick or going green? Overcoming the 'yuck factor' as a barrier to sustainable consumption" funded by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable ...

In a new study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, more than 2,500 people (with an average age of 28, and 66 percent female) completed an online survey including ...