Whether you're simply curious or want to make the same amount of this movie snack from a container of kernels, here's how ...

Some other grains, such as quinoa and sorghum, can pop too; but popcorn is the biggest and best popper! This picture shows 200 kernels of popcorn in a 1000 mL graduated cylinder and 200 pieces of ...

No matter if it's popcorn you've ordered at the theaters or popcorn you've cooked in the microwave, there always seems to be leftover kernels that didn't turn into popcorn. Physicist and author of ...

Before stoves and microwaves, hot sand was used to provide the right kind of heat to make corn kernels pop. A single kernel pops with such force that it can be propelled up to 3 feet in the air.