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It’s an automatic reflex for many of us: obediently tapping a few times on a can of beer or soda to stop it from frothing over. The team from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense conducted a ...

Nobody likes to have a beer or soda foam over when it’s opened. Many of us tap or flick the side of the can, in a long-held assumption that this in some way alters the fizzy contents of the can. But ...

I like beer! That’s both a confession for some and a proud proclamation for others. But for most home drinkers, it has been limited to cracking open a bottle or can (or growler, if you’re that sort of ...