You don't have to hunt down specialty "black" cocoa to make authentic Oreos; the only essentials are Dutch cocoa powder and a little baking soda to alkalinize the dough. Together, they make crispy wafers as inky and intense as the original, with a hint of bitterness to balance the sweet vanilla filling.

When Benita Chikaluma's husband died in 1994, her family could easily have fallen into desperate poverty. Chikaluma lives in Malawi, a poor country in southern Africa where women often have little control over their finances.

The Benben stone is an object found in the mythology of ancient Egypt. It is a stone with a conical shape and, according to some theorists, may be of extraterrestrial origin. The Benben stone is also an architectural term, describing the name given to the tip of an obelisk or the capstone placed on top of a pyramid.

Helicopters. Keys. Whirligigs. Samaras. Whatever you call the winged seeds released by maple trees, here's one more word for them: delicious. Like many New Englanders, I have fond childhood memories of dropping maple "helicopters" from a height and watching them twist and twirl down to the ground. My children do the same now.

Over the years, we have become incredibly good at making telescopes. Just look at the 6.5 m (21 ft 4 inch) wide James Webb Space Telescope or the aging but still great 4.5 m (14 ft) wide Hubble Space Telescope. These powerful apparatuses help us peer deep into the cosmos and unravel some of the universe's most profound mysteries.

I get so many questions about how to cook spaghetti squash, so I thought I'd share my go-to method for roasting it, a few tips, and a couple of my favorite spaghetti squash recipes. First things first: cut it in half lengthwise. Then, scoop out the seeds.

New Sapphire Wire, Could Transform, Aviation and Fusion Power. 'The Independent' reports that a new "sapphire fiber" could transform aircraft technology and potentially lead to breakthroughs in fusion power. 'The Independent' reports that a new "sapphire fiber" could transform aircraft technology and potentially lead to breakthroughs in fusion power.

Mushrooms could be communicating in a structure that resembles human language, suggests a study published in the Royal Society Open Science . Professor Andrew Adamatzky analysed the electrical signals in fungi and found patterns that have a structural similarity to English and Swedish languages at the University of the West of England's Unconventional Computing Laboratory.