Go to any grocery store, and you'll likely see one specific type of corn dominating shelves: sweet corn. Yet, this corn isn't ...

American breakfast is a slippery subject — its dishes often draw from a patchwork of global origins. Take corn chowder, a staple on New England breakfast and lunch menus in ...

Pumpkins are a harvest symbol and part of our nostalgia for a simpler time. But while the word "pumpkin" has been around for ...

Love it or hate it, a certain pyramid-shaped candy is arguably one of the most iconic Halloween treats. Before becoming the polarizing candy it is today, it took off in popularity after a ...

AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University scientist is leading an effort funded by a National Science Foundation grant to identify the origins and functions of “orphan genes” in the genomes of corn and ...