The missing ingredient in every recipe book

All our recipe books are missing one crucial ingredient. We may not notice it now, but if astronauts were to one day take our recipe books and a set of scales with them to Mars or the Moon, they would immediately have a problem.

Physicist Helen Czerski explores the fascinating physics that link our planet to your kitchen scales, and what effect that has on your favourite Victoria Sponge recipe.

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23 February 2022