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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 sound energy, testing whether a singer can really break a glass using just his voice, and whether or not duck voices echo.

Examines various mainstream and alternative sources of energy, and imagines what life would be like without electricity.

Kids discover incredible power stored inside the tiny atom! The key concept is that huge amounts of energy can be released when the forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together are disturbed.

Presents an introduction to heat and chemical energy, explaining what heat energy is and where it comes from, and describing how heat energy relates to chemical energy.

A discussion of mechanical energy, looking at how energy can be transferred from one object to another to make something move, examining the states of mechanical energy, and including demonstrations.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on magnetism, using visuals and experiments to discuss poles, magnetic fields, domains, spinning atoms, the use of magnetism in music, compasses, and Earth's magnetic field.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on simple machines, using visuals and experiments to discuss work, forces, levers, the wheel and axle, pulleys, the inclined plane, and compound machines.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to electricity, including whether or not Benjamin Franklin could have survived flying a kite that had been struck by lightning.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to reflected energy, investigating the legend that claims the Greeks built a "death ray" to set fire to invading Roman ships two thousand years ago.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to work and energy, testing several myths about how to improve gas mileage.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman test whether it is possible for a human being to fall from a jet airliner in flight and live, and if a person can survive being hit on the head by a penny dropped from the top of a skyscraper.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to force and motion, testing whether a toy car can beat a real car in a downhill race, and whether an inflated life raft or an escape slide can be used as a parachute when falling from an airplane.

Mythbusters Adam and Jamie perform experiments to test common myths related to the laws of gravity and find out if the myths have any scientific basis.

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to inertia, including if a football filled with helium will fly farther than one filled with air.