Lmao yes technically correct. The grapes aren't doing anything new, they're acting as a microwave resonator which makes some very interesting plasma physics you can do with a grape in the microwave. However, this is not a new phenomenon and there are much more convenient microwave resonators you can build out of metal.
Interestinengineering.com's bread and butter seems to be churning out low-effort articles targeted at laypeople who know fuck about shit and talking up every single minor new invention or discovery they can find as the craziest, most crucial thing ever. Written by laypeople who know fuck about shit (this one's written by a BA in history despite being on, you know, quantum physics). See also: Gell Mann amnesia.
Honestly seems like a trash website, and fluffing the hell out of any and every random discovery is bound to be damaging to the public perception of science in the long term.
Jesus this is bad science, and bad science reporting. There was a paper specifically focusing on why grapes burn in microwave - turns out two spherical objects with certain properties tend to focus microwave radiation on the point right in between. Use that knowledge and make some proper antenna instead.
It's funny how a month ago people in Lemmy were all bragging about every little piece of science being important to further understanding the world and that Republicans canning even a single minor study could lower our ability to come up with new things.
And here's a bunch of people treating this like it's garbage and are above it.
It's the lower half of the bell curve that you're experiencing. The same half that's more inclined to be louder about their beliefs, beliefs that are often illogical, inconsistent, and misinformed. More inclined to insult, invalidate, and act in bad faith during discussions.
This drowns out quality discussion.
All communities will naturally move towards the lowest common denominator, they will always lose their niche. (Really this is an example of entropy). The only way to prevent this is active moderation that dutifully upholds community values.
That's impossible you fool. They'll never do surgery on a grape until they figure out all the science they can do. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about as I have been on the internet since the early 90s and I've never heard of such an absurd thing as SURGERY on a GRAPE 😂😂😂