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- <title>
- Apr. 12, 1993: Pop Science
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Apr. 12, 1993 The Info Highway
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 25
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Pop Science
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- <body>
- <p> Sure, if you are a popcorn nut, you know that some types of
- corn are great poppers and others aren't. But do you know why?
- Have you assessed the thermal diffusivity of the pericarp, the
- kernel's tough outer layer? Have you analyzed the starch
- content of the endosperm, the inner, meaty layer? Have you
- compared the ratios of expanded to original volumes of various
- kernels? If so, you would know that the pericarp in popcorn has
- more densely packed fiber than that of ordinary corn. You'd
- know that starch content is less important. You needn't bother,
- though: Brazilian scientists have already done the experiments,
- as reported in the current Nature. Nobel Prize nominating
- committee, take note.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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