Comments on: DietCokeGate 2008 http://lifetheuniverseanddonna.ca/20081003/dietcokegate-2008/ An Ode To A Small Lump of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:41:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ivan http://lifetheuniverseanddonna.ca/20081003/dietcokegate-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-14899 Ivan Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:16:12 +0000 http://lifetheuniverseanddonna.ca/?p=4118#comment-14899 Apparently, the 2008 Ig Nobel Awards (for Improbable Research) had Coke (and specifically Diet Coke) play a role in the Chemistry Award: CHEMISTRY PRIZE. Sharee A. Umpierre of the University of Puerto Rico, Joseph A. Hill of The Fertility Centers of New England (USA), Deborah J. Anderson of Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School (USA), for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and to Chuang-Ye Hong of Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang (all of Taiwan) for discovering that it is not. For those that found Coke works well as a spermicide, apparently Diet Coke worked better. Apparently, the 2008 Ig Nobel Awards (for Improbable Research) had Coke (and specifically Diet Coke) play a role in the Chemistry Award:

CHEMISTRY PRIZE. Sharee A. Umpierre of the University of Puerto Rico, Joseph A. Hill of The Fertility Centers of New England (USA), Deborah J. Anderson of Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School (USA), for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and to Chuang-Ye Hong of Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang (all of Taiwan) for discovering that it is not.

For those that found Coke works well as a spermicide, apparently Diet Coke worked better.

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