Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 2:19 p.m.

The kitchen, for many, is a place of comfort and creation. But beneath the clatter of pans and the sizzle of oil, it's a dynami…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 2:10 p.m.

There is something primal about cooking with fire. That responsive hiss, the immediate bloom of a blue flame, the intuitive dan…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 1:53 p.m.

For millennia, our relationship with fire has defined us. We tamed it for warmth, for protection, and most transformatively, fo…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 1:45 p.m.

Nature is relentlessly trying to reclaim everything we build. It employs a patient and powerful arsenal: oxygen, water, salt, a…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 10:04 a.m.

### How Materials Science, Thermodynamics, and a Forgotten Physical Phenomenon Power Your Barbecue Imagine a summer evening.…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 10 a.m.

There’s a quiet magic to cooking outdoors. It’s a ritual that connects us to something primal, a dance of fire and food under a…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 9:27 a.m.

We take a commercial-grade, 56,000 BTU gas stove not as a product to review, but as a scientific instrument to dissect the incr…

Published on Nov. 19, 2024, 9:21 a.m.

Before you boil that pot of water for your corn, look closer. The unassuming flame and steel box next to your grill are a maste…

Published on Nov. 17, 2024, 3:34 p.m.

There’s a universal moment of misery known to almost anyone who has slept outdoors. It arrives in the deep, silent hours of the…

Published on Nov. 17, 2024, 3:20 p.m.

At its core, the struggle to survive is a battle against the second law of thermodynamics. This fundamental principle dictates …