Ruff loves kicking back and watching a movie with a big bowl of popcorn. But he hates when there are unpopped kernels at the bottom of the bowl! He wants to know the best way to make delicious, fluffy ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

McKenzie did a fair amount of real-world research on the popcorn front, and his most important finding (as far as I’m concerned) is that if you’re in a cinema which gives you a choice between buying a ...

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 ...

Popcorn has been around since 3600 B.C., according to archaeologists who have found popcorn remnants during research digs. Who knows how popcorn was originally discovered — but it is quite likely it ...