document updated 14 years ago, on Mar 5, 2011

Spectacular

Things that do surprising things in the presence of microwave radiation:

various "plasmas" (ie. fire), some cooler than others
- hovering plasma: [1] [2] [3] [4]
  - good safety info
- candles
- grapes [1]
bar soap [1]
chip bags [1]
christmas lights [1]
lots of others

Calculate the speed of light

This one is more sciency, less juvenile. You can use a microwave to calulcate the speed of light. Though you can do it with a lot of different materials (marshmallows, etc), doing it with chocolate seems the tastiest.

Here's a good explanation of what's going on.