Everyone is familiar with what happens when you shake up a bottle of soda and then open it up, or else hand it to an unsuspecting friend and let them open it up. If you don't, well it will explode ...

However, when a soda container is opened, the pressurized carbon releases into the air. This venting gas produces the signature hiss one expects to hear from a newly opened soda bottle or can.

But some bottles are more interesting than others, and among those are Grolsch-style soda bottles with their funky multi-element tops. Antique galleries like ours often have a lot of different bottles ...

Crafted with spliced soda bottles and standard household materials, ... Caps of empty bottles are fitted with commodity TR414 air valves. The pitch of each bottle is tuned by adjusting pressure.

That’s because the bottle is held at about four times the surface air pressure of Earth, keeping carbon dioxide suspended sedately inside. When you open the top, you expose its contents to Earth ...

The evolution of design in soda and soft drink bottles has been quite interesting. In the 19th century, glass bottles mainly contained sodas with flat bottoms. The early designs posed some ...