Go to your local fair and watch a carny spin you a cone of candy floss. You might not know it, but that’s how your body is put together: the structure of cotton candy is remarkably similar to the ...

Fairs and festivals boast some of the most delectable foods you'll ever find. We're talking corn dogs, funnel cakes, fried everything, and, of course, cotton candy. Made from heated sugar spun in a ...

One recent evening, I had some rare access to the remote control for our television and landed on a show called “ 101 Fast Foods That Changed the World .” I was intrigued. Not limited to drive-thru ...

Well, here’s something you don’t get to write about every day — a Chinese engineer is receiving praise from all over the world for his ingenuity in turning an old hard-disk drive into a fully ...

Often found at fairgrounds, carnivals, and circuses, sold on sticks and enjoyed by many, the sticky clouds of brightly colored spun sugar that make up cotton candy are familiar to all. The wispy puffs ...

If you've ever watched someone make cotton candy being made at the carnival, you know it requires an incredibly fast motor to spin the machine and create the floss-like fibers of the candy. As it ...