Cakes are delicious. This is a fact. But did you know they can also be used for science? Enter the Great Science Cake-Off, sponsored by Cancer Research UK, an organization that funds nearly half of ...

Smithsonian archaeologist Eric Hollinger makes science sweet with elaborate, science-themed cakes. Bailey Bedford A chocolate model of the African Bush Elephant in the rotunda of the Smithsonian’s ...

This is possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen, in cake form. It’s a scientifically-accurate planet cake, complete with actual inner layers that make a beautiful cutaway diagram just like you ...

Researchers hope that working out the behaviours of soft solids, which can act like either solids or liquids, may make for tastier cakes – and safer oil wells. What do cake batter and a massive, ...

It’s one of the first lessons in culinary school: Baking is a science. Any slight changes in a recipe — too much baking powder, over-mixing a batter — can make the difference between a moist cupcake ...