
Jeff Lieberman, an MIT scientist, teacher, and artist, along with high speed camera expert Matt Kearney, use their high speed camera to examine everyday occurrences and singular talents. The show captures common everyday events and views them again in slow motion to uncover the many principles of physics. To do so, they examine things such as a drop of water, explosions, gunshots, ballet dancing, cornflour, shallow water diving, X games and sometimes some uncanny things like piercing one's cheek or standing on blades.
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Air Date: 2008-10-15
Breaking stone slabs, Diet Coke and Mentos geysers, Frisbee dog.
Air Date: 2008-10-15
Blending things you shouldn't, "Mad" Chad Taylor juggles chainsaws, and bare-handed bottle breaking.
Air Date: 2008-10-22
Throwing water on a grease fire, the power of dry ice, the wonders of soap bubbles, a tablecloth pull trick.
Air Date: 2008-10-22
The Fuel Girls' fiery breath, skateboard champion Greg Lutzka's killer kick flips, and Russ Byars' world record winni...
Air Date: 2008-10-29
Pole-vaulting, the effects of a Taser and a jackhammer on the human body.
Air Date: 2008-10-29
W.R. "Rusty" Haight of the Collision Safety Institute plays a human crash-test dummy, an archery demonstration is obs...
Air Date: 2008-11-05
Observing a hummingbird, a professional pool player's skills, a samurai swordsman's deadly strike, and an accident in...
Air Date: 2008-11-05
A closer look at free running tricks, observing water droplet art, and Non-Newtonian Fluids.
Air Date: 2008-11-12
The freezing power of liquid nitrogen, what happens when bullets collide with various types of body armor, and a clos...
Air Date: 2008-11-12
The sonic boom of a bull whip, no two wet dogs shake exactly alike, and a Boston Bruin's star to put two hockey stick...
Air Date: 2008-11-19
Storm-blown glass, make a mess with paintballs, serve up a flaming cocktail with some trick bartenders, and spring in...
Air Date: 2008-11-19
The destructive force of power tools, the seemingly physics-bending motions of break-dancing, and why a bullet fired ...
Air Date: 2008-11-26
A closer look at mountain biking tricks, ice skating, and the art of throwing playing cards.
Air Date: 2008-11-26
Boston College cheerleaders perform various stunts, a closer look at how a baseball can shatter a bat, and an Olympic...
Air Date: 2008-12-03
Sharpshooting tricks are observed, a closer look at cooking with the Feasty Boys, using a Schlieren camera to capture...
Air Date: 2008-12-03
A world-class barefoot skier is observed, a Samurai Master returns to slice through various meats, the world's fastes...
Air Date: 2008-12-10
What really happens in a movie fight scene, the secret behind bowling a strike, and the noisemakers behind a cicada a...
Air Date: 2008-12-10
The pain of body modification, the energy flow of a Wushu master, quick-stepping tap dancers, and what happens to a f...
Air Date: 2008-12-17
Trap-testing with Rev. Tommy Gunn and the high-flying Cirque du Soleil, exploring their inner stuntmen, and capturing...
Air Date: 2008-12-17
Putting various items through a lawn mower and wood chipper; Cirque Du Soleil rehearsal.