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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A tiny kernel of popcorn has a lot of science packed into it. It is a staple snack for movies, and tons of kernels have been popped and enjoyed, but how does one, hard kernel ...

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, ...

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, ...

Popcorn pops because ... you set your microwave to two minutes on high, right? As you might expect, there's a little more science to it than that, and two French engineers have dug into exactly what ...

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 ...

POPCORN SCIENCE....As a regular moviegoer and an equally regular consumer of movie popcorn, I'm intrigued by Felix Salmon's summary of recent research done by local UC Irvine professor Richard ...