Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe

Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe 4 days ago Share Save Joseph Howlett Share Save BBC/ Getty Images/ Beatrice Britton (Credit: BBC/ Getty Images/ Beatrice Britton) When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists have puzzled over spaghetti's counterintuitive properties. You might think physicists only ask the big questions. We mostly hear about the physics of the cosmic and the miniscule, the shape of our universe and the nature of the particles that fill it. But physicists, of course, have ordinary lives outside of the laboratory, and sometimes their way of questioning the universe spills over to their daily habits. There's one everyday item that seems to especially obsess them: spaghetti. Going back at least a century, spaghetti has been the subject of rigorous studies. Through this research, physicists continue to learn new things about the solid state of matter, the chemistry of fo ... Read full article.