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Pulse of the Planet. Joan Harvey is a flavor
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Interesting. Its not lemon. It has some sourness, like
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Well, we tried! Just goes to show you cant fool an expert. Check out kidsciencechallenge.com to find flavor experiments you can do at home! The Kids Science Challenge is a competition for 3rd to 6th graders to come up with ideas for scientists like Joan Harvey to solve. Thats kidsciencechallenge.com.
Pulse of the Planet is made possible by the National Science Foundation. Im Jim Metzner.
Scientist: Joan Harvey
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