Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Disgust is an incredibly powerful negative emotion, capable of inducing vomiting, panic, and rage ...

Carcass of Beef by French artist Chaim Soutine, c. 1925. Even in this stylized version, images of dead animals can elicit disgust. The prototypical odor of disgust is one of decay. Source: Wikimedia ...

The disgust that we feel at the sight of blood or the taste of spoiled milk is familiar. And while this disgust is unpleasant to experience, it’s generally thought to be beneficial—an emotional ...

WE SHOULD really care about disgust. Not only does it protect us from coming into contact with possibly dangerous substances, such as rotting meat, but it is also central to understanding our moral ...

Even the most secular people and societies usually have their behaviour shaped by religion. We can see its influence in behavioural codes that set out what is considered right and wrong. But we can ...

A popular online quiz measures multiple areas of food disgust. Some disgust is evolutionary in origin, but in extreme cases, addressing it requires compassion. The research paper that inspired the ...

Carcass of Beef by French artist Chaim Soutine, c. 1925. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. “There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage… there would be meat that had ...