Popping Power
Let's set the record straight. This first video is a clever hoax. It is not possible to pop popcorn using cell phones. See how it's done in the second video. The second video explains how you could...
View ArticleIf You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?
Popcorn in Space Gary C. Knapp/AP Photo There's a little bit of water inside each kernel of popcorn, and if you can heat the kernel above 212°F, that water should boil, turn into high-pressure steam,...
View ArticleMicrowave Listens To Your Popcorn Popping, For Perfect Timing
Flickr/jayneanddYou're eating your popcorn in front of your home television and bite into an unpopped kernel. The deception! You put all of your faith in this popcorn, only to have it end like this....
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Let's set the record straight. This first video is a clever hoax. It is not possible to pop popcorn using cell phones. See how it's done in the second video. …
View ArticleIf You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?
Thereâs a little bit of water inside each kernel of popcorn, and if you can heat the kernel above 212°F, that water should boil, turn into high-pressure steam, and pop the…
View ArticleMicrowave Listens To Your Popcorn Popping, For Perfect Timing
You're eating your popcorn in front of your home television and bite into an unpopped kernel. _The deception! _You put all of your faith in this popcorn, only to have it…
View ArticleYou Owe Your Daily Routine To The World’s Fair
World's FairJoe Haupt/CC By SA-2.0Begun in 1851, the World’s Fair once served as an open showroom for technical oddities, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural mash-ups. Although it still draws...
View ArticleThis Is How To Make Your Own Popcorn Dispensing Helmet
Entertainment A helpful video tutorial by Simone Giertz and Adam Savage Never get greasy fingers at the movies again!
View ArticleWhy Binturongs' Pee Smells Like Buttery Popcorn
Animals Isaac Hayes's "Hot Buttered Soul" is actually about the urine of this bearcat The compound found in bearcat pee that is responsible for this phenomenon is the same one found in popcorn that...
View ArticlePopcorn Too Fluffy? Try Half-Popping Popcorn At Home
DIY Pop some science with Pop Sci We half-popped some popcorn.
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Science Can cell phones pop popcorn? Just watch Let's set the record straight. This first video is a clever hoax. It is not possible to pop popcorn using cell phones. See how it's done in the second...
View ArticleIf You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?
Technology Popular Science tackles your toughest (and most obscure) science questions There’s a little bit of water inside each kernel of popcorn, and if you can heat the kernel above 212°F, that...
View ArticleMicrowave Listens To Your Popcorn Popping, For Perfect Timing
Gadgets Eureka for everyone who thought microwave popcorn was too damn difficult. You're eating your popcorn in front of your home television and bite into an unpopped kernel. _The deception! _You put...
View ArticleYou Owe Your Daily Routine To The World’s Fair
Gadgets Inventions that'll take you from breakfast to bedtime Begun in 1851, the World’s Fair once served as an open showroom for technical oddities, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural mash-ups....
View ArticleThis Is How To Make Your Own Popcorn Dispensing Helmet
Entertainment A helpful video tutorial by Simone Giertz and Adam Savage Never get greasy fingers at the movies again!
View ArticleWhy Binturongs' Pee Smells Like Buttery Popcorn
Animals Isaac Hayes's "Hot Buttered Soul" is actually about the urine of this bearcat The compound found in bearcat pee that is responsible for this phenomenon is the same one found in popcorn that...
View ArticlePopcorn Too Fluffy? Try Half-Popping Popcorn At Home
DIY Pop some science with Pop Sci We half-popped some popcorn.
View ArticleFood science tricks to make the perfect popcorn
DIY Become the colonel of the kitchen. Save your cash by popping popcorn at home. Worried about burning your kernels? Science can help. Here are the best and easiest ways to make DIY popcorn.
View ArticleWhat makes popcorn pop?
Science Hint: It’s a powerful combo of steam and heat. Accompanied by the sound of a mini-explosion as they make their transformation, the kernels expand up to 50 times their size, making them fluffy...
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