A reader named Steven suggested the perfect followup to our previous post Chocolate helps invent the microwave oven. Here is an article that shows you how to measure the speed of light with chocolate (and a microwave):

…Once I took the chocolate out of the microwave (not having access to Milky Way Stars, I used a block of Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate – a solid block of chocolate conducts heat along its length more than a collection of small chocolates, so I would recommend using some sort of chocolate chips when you do this your self) I measured the distance between the melted points from my sample was 6cm…
[Read more] (WARNING: math and physics at the linked website)

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