Microwavable packets and brimming machines at the cinema make popping corn seem like a simple undertaking, but there are number of factors that turn rock hard kernels into crunchy puffs of buttery ...

The odds that all of your popcorn kernels will pop simultaneously aren’t zero. Maybe think instead of the multiple lotteries you’re more likely to win. By Randall Munroe What would happen if, while I ...

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 ...

A night out at the movies would be incomplete without popcorn. A bowl of freshly popped kernels can make a night curled up on the couch in front of the television feel special, too. This occurred to ...