You’ve probably seen the videos on YouTube turning grapes into fireballs in the microwave. Well, there’s a pretty cool ...

The Backyard Scientist’s slow motion series is always fun because they’re just quick and easy experiments that show off cool tricks you can do at home (don’t do it at home). This time he makes plasma ...

There are thousands of YouTube videos in which DIY science enthusiasts cut grapes in half—leaving just a thin bit of skin connecting them—and put the grapes in the microwave, just to marvel at the ...

PBS: Lydia Kisley, assistant professor of physics, commented on a study that answers the decades-old question of why two grapes can create plasma in the microwave—a process that is unsafe for home ...

Microwaving grapes may look like a harmless experiment, but it produces a real and powerful phenomenon. When cut and placed ...