Popcorn is among the world's favorite foods. However, the question arises how such tiny seeds turn into fluffy and crunchy ...

Popcorn has been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. But though scientists have long known that expanding moisture within a kernel of corn causes it to burst into all its edible glory, ...

This is popcorn science taken way too far. He breaks down exactly why popcorn pops—hard hull, moisture, starch, and pressure—then tests a bunch of grains to see what can puff on its own. After that, ...

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We’ve all scarfed it down at the movies and made necklaces with it as children. But while we were getting liquid butter all over our hands and faces, roboticists at Cornell University’s Collective ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...