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Nick Anderson’s Mentos Cartoon
Nick Anderson is the Houston Chronicle's editorial cartoonist - his work is great. Nick gave me permission to post his cartoon from August 11, 2006 on the blog... althought I don't resemble his Mentos guy. The cartoon is entitled "Chemical …
Do Bubbles in Guiness Go Down?
... or is it an optical illusion? Richard Zare is a world-renowned chemist at Stanford University, and he has a particular fascination with bubbles. He recently showed why the bubbles actually go down the side of the glass when you first pull…
EepyBird Guys Take Their Show on the Road
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, the Eepybird guys who turned the Mentos and Diet Coke experiment into art are jumping from the Internet to the mainstream media.
They appeared on David Letterman last Thursday night and on the "Today Show" Friday…
Orchestrated Chaos: A Mentos Tribute to Eepybird.com
I was in Talkeetna, Alaska when I received a call from my television producer. "Have you seen the Mentos video yet?" I asked which one she was referring to and she said, "The one with the two guys and 102 bottles of Diet Coke." I quietly snuck…
Does Diet Coke Really Produce the Best Results?
Believe it or not, research scientists have actually concluded that Diet Coke produces the best stream of flying soda (much to the joy of the Mentos Experiment enthusiasts). I received an email from Dr. Joe Maglaty, Director of Education Outreach…
Mentos on Good Morning America
These television news shows just can't seem to get enough of this. I've been away in Alaska on a family vacation and the phone keeps ringing. Television producers are all asking the same questions... "Why does this work and why are people so…
Bellagio Fountains with Mentos – This Video is Amazing!
Let's just cut to the chase... You have to see the Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments video at eepybird.com. These guys take the Mentos Fountain demo to a brand new level. I just took out stock in Diet Coke and Mentos candy because these…
News Anchor Gets Soaked! Mentos Experiment Sets a New Record
Kim Christiansen thought that Monday would be just another fun, hands-on science segment with Steve Spangler. Little did she know that the bottles of soda would explode and she would be wearing the experiment. This is not the first time I've…
