Other than what your grandma told you about growing a cornfield in your stomach, here's what you risk by chewing and eating ...

In fact, researchers found ancient kernels of popcorn believed to be 1,000 years old in tombs on the east coast of Peru. And guess what--the kernels still popped!--Kris Wetherbee.

On a bitter October morning in 1982, Chuck Zangger stood in his field near North Loup, staring at the brittle, ruined stalks ...

From little North Loup, Nebraska, the Zangger family supplies a surprising amount of the world’s hybrid popcorn seed. It all ...

When popcorn kernels heat, the water turns into steam. This vapor creates pressure inside the seed. As the pressure builds, the starch starts to soften.

On a warm sunny spring afternoon, Denny Mauser picks up a 44-pound bag of hybrid popcorn seeds from the bed of his F-150 pickup, parked at the end of a field near the Sac and Buena Vista County ...

The odds that all of your popcorn kernels will pop simultaneously aren’t zero. Maybe think instead of the multiple lotteries you’re more likely to win. By Randall Munroe What would happen if ...

Research in the college has been essential to the development of this snack. Bruce Ashman, professor emeritus of botany and plant pathology, built a world-class popcorn genetics program that produced ...

When popping corn for recipes, ½ cup of unpopped kernels will yield 16 cups (4 quarts) of popcorn. Popcorn.org lists a helpful conversion chart under “Snack “on its home page.