A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the United States, according to experts. The process -- known by the scientific term ...

Ohio University explains on its website that the phrase "corn sweat" refers to the process of plants – in this case, corn – moving water to their surface and releasing it into the air as vapor. The ...

A record-setting heat blast that swept across the Midwest this week has been made worse by the region's vast fields of cornstalks. Through a natural process commonly called "corn sweat," water ...

What is "corn sweat" and how could it worsen the dangerous heat being felt across the Chicago area this week? All of northern Illinois is under an excessive heat warning on Tuesday, but a phenomenon ...

Ohio University explains on its website that the phrase "corn sweat" refers to the process of plants – in this case corn – moving water to their surface and releasing it into the air as vapor. The ...

Discover how early American farmers shelled corn by hand, the role of corn shelling bees, and how mechanical shellers ...

Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, ...