Food Experiments

Does a mint make your mouth cold?

Does a mint actually make your mouth cold? And for that matter does chilli make it hot? We try and find out.

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Grape Plasmas

Create plasmas from a humble grape in your microwave.

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Fizzes from peroxide

Use the power of catalysis to create oxygen and relight a piece of wood, and we give the same reaction a more explosive twist.

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Impaling Potatoes

If you have ever wondered how to impale a potato with a straw? Then this experiment is for you...

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How useless is a Chocolate Teapot?

You have heard the saying, but it is meaningless unless you know exactly how useful a chocolate teapot actually is. We try to find out how thick the walls of a chocolate teapot would have to be to let you brew tea...

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Going loopy for bubbles

We discover a surprising feature of bubbles using only bubble mix, wool and a coat hanger!

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Getting water from a candle

Extract water from a candle using nothing more complex than a pint glass.

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Psychedelic Milk

Make beautiful moving psychedelic patterns in a bowl of milk with just some food colouring and washing up liquid.

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Crystals on a piece of wool

Make some strange crystals on a piece of string with things you would find at home.

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How you could drink your own urine safely?

If you were trapped on a desert island with nothing to drink what would you do? We show you how to purify various unappetising liquids...

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Fizzy Yeast

Find out what makes bread rise and champagne fizzy in this simple kitchen science.

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Balloons on a Tube

Find out why it is so hard to start blowing up a balloon and what it has to do with bubble bath.

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Lemon-Powered iPod

There have been various spoof films showing how to charge your ipod using fruit and vegetables. But is it actually possible? Find this out along with how a battery works.

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Which is Diet?

If you are ever in a foreign country and don't know which can of drink is the sugary one, here is a way to find out.

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Butter Side Down

Are you the sort of person who finds that whenever you knock some toast off the table it ends up butter side down. Find out if the toast gods are unhappy with you, or if there is something more scientific going on.

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