Aired: 6/10/2013
The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes. In this episode: washing a car in one second, eating for free and making money inflammable.
Aired: 6/17/2013
Coffee creamer bomb; breaking a beer bottle with one swift hand movement; microwave a light bulb.
Aired: 6/24/2013
Testing the penetrative power of an assault rifle on teddy bears in the name of science.
Aired: 7/1/2013
Test the heat of a Fresnel lens at a rooftop BBQ; an innovative design to concentrate light.
Aired: 7/8/2013
Hollywood's biggest car chases and explosions.
Aired: 7/15/2013
Experiments generating up to a million volts in man-made lightning bolts.
Aired: 7/22/2013
At a gas pump, cigarettes, cell phones and static electricity could cause a raging inferno.
Aired: 7/29/2013
The strength of human hair; 10,000 volts through a melon.
Aired: 8/5/2013
Re-creating the familiar trick of pulling a tablecloth away without disturbing the table settings.
Aired: 8/12/2013
Tim finds out how to shoot fire from the barrel of a shotgun and create an effect in a microwave.
Aired: 8/19/2013
Making ice cream with a fire extinguisher; blowing up a garden shed using only items found inside.
Aired: 8/26/2013
Projectile groceries; glass grenades; blasting barrels.
Aired: 9/2/2013
Tim asks what happens when a balloon is microwaved.
Aired: 9/9/2013
A set of highly unusual scientific challenges; a slip-sliding race with household ingredients.
Aired: 9/16/2013
Ways to understand the natural forces at work in everyday lives.
Aired: 9/23/2013
Shattering chandeliers, dancing sand, suspended silverware, a pair of swinging trapeze artists.
Aired: 5/12/2014
From shooting hoops in a moving vehicle to boiling up a bottle of bubbly in a microwave and dropping a piano from 100 feet in the air, Tim Shaw introduces us to more of the everyday science in the world around us.
Tim demonstrates how a harmless ping-pong ball can pack a mighty punch, how dominoes can be used to create a powerful chain reaction and the amazing science behind a slinky in motion.
Aired: 5/19/2014
Tim tests the safety of various gases for use in a blimp and employs a flame-boyant piece of equipment to help us see sound. An illuminating use for liquid nitrogen offers up a Holly-wood style finale.
Tim takes fast food to extremes when he fires food from a cannon to see which will travel the farthest. Cookware is used in unconventional ways, Tim fights fire with a kitchen strainer and performs an optical illusion with oil and glass bowls.