If you've grown up in the modern era of microwaves, aka the " science oven ", you may have stumbled across a fairly common myth that they heat your food using the "resonant frequency" of water. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

How prevalent is this myth? Well, it's still going around today , nearly 78 years after the first commercial microwave became available to the public. That's ok. Microwaves are a pretty difficult topic to get your head around, or at least in comparison to traditional "fire hot" methods of cooking we have partaken in since ancient times.

Let's start with how microwaves work. First up, they do heat the water within your food.

"Microwaves are produced inside the oven by an electron tube call

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