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"...a veritable expert on tawdry cosmetic procedures gone horribly awry..."--Kevin Beck

Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.

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Xtreme Xperiments

Category: HumorScience education
Posted on: June 6, 2006 11:30 AM, by Tara C. Smith

You may recall the exploding Mentos and diet coke experiment I mentioned awhile back. Wanna see some people with way too much time on their hands take it to the extreme? Check it out at EepyBird.com.

Hat tip to Burt Humburg

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This still doesn't explain why Diet Coke tastes like robot sweat.

Posted by: biosparite | June 6, 2006 11:46 AM

Tara et al: FYI, the Mentos Experiment guys are scheduled to appear on David Letterman tonight.

Posted by: J-Dog | June 29, 2006 3:36 PM

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