Experimental Musings

Ah, yes, Valentine's Day ... when love is in the air. Well, love isn't the only thing in the air. Scientists have been studying the amount of heat-trapping gases in the air and asking how this will impact the production of a special Valentine's Day item: chocolate!

On Thursday, millions of Americans will gather around dinner tables for the big Thanksgiving meal. The giant festive feast is the centerpiece of this holiday, so let’s take a look at Thanksgiving foods through the lens of science.

This recipe is a classic Tuscan Minestrone soup, very similar to what da Vinci would have cooked as he spent much of his life in Tuscany.

This is a pretty remarkable story of how coffee is becoming part of making our roadways more eco-friendly.

At some point in our lives, we’ve all been told that eating hot chili peppers will clear up your sinuses, right? Recently, scientists asked a different, but related question.