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Hosts Sophie Shrand and Trace Dominguez explain the science behind amazing videos seen online.
S1, EP5 "Making the Loop"
Sophie and Trace watch a video of skateboarders working up enough speed to complete a full loop, then look at what makes it possible for a skateboarder to successfully get all the way around a vertical loop.
S1, EP6 "Force In, Force Out"
Looking at the blob, a giant airbag on the water that launches a person in the air; the teeterboard, where acrobats land on opposite ends of a seesaw and launch the other; the Russian swing, where acrobats rock back and forth and fling someone.
S1, EP6 "The Theory of Awesome ----- Sound Waves"
Trace and Sophie watch some mesmerizing clips of sound being used to manipulate all kinds of matter. In one experiment they break down how sound waves can keep water drops suspended in the air.
S1, EP8 "Theory of Awesome ----- The Jet Set"
Sophie and Trace create a simple experiment demonstrating the principles of jet propulsion, then try to make a miniature hydrojet support greater and greater weight.
