Over The Top experiment - Making fizzy drinks fizzier

Caroline and Val demonstrate how you can control the fizz of sparkling drinks.

This experiment is featured in our new book 'How to Fossilise your Hamster'. http://www.newscientist.com/hamster.ns/

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• champagne
• fizz
• drinks
• fizzy
• experiment
• new
• scientist
• newscientist

[Filumz]

So if I swallow a teaspoon of olive oil, presumably I can then sink bottles of bubbly 'til the cows come home - without fear of burping. Any nifty tips to prevent me falling over?

[Tydo90]

wouldn't really want to drink it with all that olive oil and sugar in it tho :P

[charrycharry]

interesting. but wouldn't the sugar & olive oil interfere with the taste? yuck.

[OnMENogin]

I find rinsing the glass with clean water after washing will stop the liquid from fizzing..... Test it yourself..... wash two identical glasses with your normal cleaning agent, put one to drain with with out rinsing and rinse the other with luke warm water and leave both to dry. Now pen a fresh bottle of fizzy drink and see which one overspills with effervescence.

[Weelki]

Nice hand motion at 53 seconds, hmmm wish i was that bottle... heh heh

or should i be paying attention to the science? ummm

[5953056]

I am assistant manager of a restaurant. I can kiss both of you ladies to give me such a beautiful insight...!

[TheRealSnedz]

Come on then... Who didnt know that?

BORING !

[1qaz2qaz]

you mean fruit pastilles to choke a kestrel. And you mean you can imagine Frankie Boyle imagining them having that conversation.

[jdofb]

hey mum dad got ant bolinger i can waste on some "science" experiments ?? i think they could have found something more fun to do withthe bottles

[secrebel]

"Just as I said, look I told you!"

[wemakevideonasty]

interesting, but contrived