Did you know you've been cooking your food with light? Most of us have a microwave oven in our kitchens, and that's exactly what they do. When you press start, a device called a magnetron emits a ...

You can use chocolate, cheese, or even marshmallows to microwave at the speed of light. Your microwave has its wavelength listed somewhere, and it's easy to multiply the rest. Also, you can still eat ...

Dennis G. Hall is a licensed amateur radio operator and a professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University. An old joke asks: what washes up onto tiny beaches? The answer is microwaves. In truth, we are ...

There's a widely reported claim that you can't heat something hotter than the sun using sunlight: https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/ The idea seems to be that no (passive ...

Since their introduction in 1967, microwave ovens have become an essential appliance in kitchens both commercial and residential. These devices produce a type of electromagnetic radiation known as ...