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“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 food and even draw connections to the origin of life. The steady torrent of spaghetti science helps to demonstrate that deep questions lurk in our ordinary routines, and that there are plenty of hungry physicists who can’t stop asking them.” Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe. (Next: What my glucose monitor alarm reveals about pasta.)

+ Since 2011, more and more videos increasingly take place outside the airplane. You read that correctly. They take place on beach resorts, basketball courts, tropical islands, and even fancy symphony halls. But not on airplanes. One reason is that these videos double as tourism ads — if you sell the destination, you sell the ticket.” Hustle on the booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos.