If you’ve ever nuked a Hot Pocket or used your microwave to warm up some leftovers, you have a comedy of errors to thank for the convenience. The invention of the all-too-common microwave came down to ...

You can enjoy a café-level caffeine fix from your own kitchen (no fancy gizmo needed). Here's how to froth milk at home using *just* the microwave. At your neighborhood coffee shop, the price ...

Some industrial processes used to create useful chemicals require heat, but heating methods are often inefficient, partly ...

Microwaves: The savior of university students who, like me, got off the meal plan and have no idea how to cook. The dim yellow glow and lackadaisical turn of the glass dish fill me with joy like ...

Microwave on high until the potatoes are slightly softened. They do not need to be fully cooked — just heated enough to start ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Many plastic dishes and storage containers are marked ...