Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman investigate urban legends, including if a child be lifted off the ground by helium balloons and if ping pong balls can be used to raise a sunken ship.
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to combustion, including the myth that cell phones can cause gas stations to explode.
Describes Islam's beginnings and tenets, the history of Muslims in America, and the challenges Muslims in America have faced since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and examines how religious prejudice is perpetuated by Arab stereotypes in movies.
Describes the values, cultures, and histories of China and Japan, discussing such topics as the Great Wall, the Qin dynasty, and the samurai and interviewing Japanese students living in America about the culture clashes they have experienced.
Uses computer-generated imagery to bring information gained from robotic probes and manned missions in space to life, illustrating black holes, comets, the births and deaths of solar systems and galaxies, and other aspects.
Presents an episode of the "Daily Planet" science magazine which uses interviews, field pieces, and experiments to investigate what is going on in the world, discussing the hidden message in a painting in a Nova Scotia cathedral, an ancient skull found in a Toronto neighborhood, NASA's plans to return to the moon, tennis technology, cornstarch, the "Spirit" Mars rover, and submarine fires.
Presents an episode of the "Daily Planet" science magazine which uses interviews, field pieces, and experiments to investigate what is going on in the world, discussing the science of twisted light, the X-Prize competition, rainbows, record grooves, fireworks, and other topics.
Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of the island nation of Borneo, introducing such animals as tree frogs, the Asian elephant, primates, bats and swiftlets, the proboscis monkey, the venomous mangrove snake, sea turtles, and the yellow-lipped sea krait.
Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of India, introducing such animals as the venomous Russell viper, green vine snake, gharial crocodile, rock python, cobras, elephants, monkeys, and sacred cows, with a focus on the relationship between animals and the people of the country.
Explains how to measure time with analog and digital clocks, and calendars, discussing seconds, minutes, hours, order, the concepts of A.M. and P.M., clockwise motion, time estimation, days, weeks, months, and years.
