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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...

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If 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,...

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Microwave 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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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. …

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If You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?

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, and pop the…

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Microwave 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…

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You 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...

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This 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!

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Why 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...

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Popcorn Too Fluffy? Try Half-Popping Popcorn At Home

DIY Pop some science with Pop Sci We half-popped some popcorn.

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Popping Power

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...

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If 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...

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Microwave 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...

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You 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....

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This 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!

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Why 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...

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Popcorn Too Fluffy? Try Half-Popping Popcorn At Home

DIY Pop some science with Pop Sci We half-popped some popcorn.

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Food 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.

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What 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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