When most of us see a taffy-pulling machine cranking away on a touristy boardwalk, we think of sweet, sweet sugar. Jean-Luc Thiffeault thinks of sweet, sweet math. As an applied mathematician at the ...

When San To Chan successfully defended their PhD thesis, they received a gift of saltwater taffy to celebrate and couldn’t help being intrigued by the taffy’s unusual consistency: somewhere between a ...

If you're hitting the beach this August, you may find yourself indulging in one of those characteristic treats of America's boardwalks: saltwater taffy. Part of the draw of saltwater taffy is watching ...