Experimental Musings

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.

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.

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

Let’s take a moment to dig into the numbers behind this autumnal holiday.