There's nothing quite like the pop and fizz of a freshly-opened can of soda on a hot day. Americans have been popping sodas with the practical metal pull tab since the 1960s, with many a broken ...

The soda can tab is more than meets the eye. In its resting state, the tab is what engineers call a "second-class" lever: the force you apply only moves one way, like a wheelbarrow. When you ...

When soda companies add carbon dioxide gas to a soda mixture, the water is very cold so it can hold a lot of gas. They also use pressure to put more gas in the water than it could normally hold at ...