About this season
Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
Episodes (9)
1. Not Safe for Work
Aired 22 June 2016 • 60 min
We’re counting down the most amazing – and dangerous – workplace clips. From office pranks, and lifesaving drones to construction site skills. This is as far from your typical 9 to 5 as it’s possible to get! These guys are working it!
2. Wild Things
Aired 29 June 2016 • 60 min
A quest to find crazy critters and weird natural events; kangaroos in a bag, swimming under ice and a subterranean hot air ballooning world record.
3. Beast Mode
Aired 6 July 2016 • 60 min
Putting the human body to the test; skill, strength and intelligence; tongue twisting tricks to human flight.
4. Transformers
Aired 13 July 2016 • 60 min
5. Punked?
Aired 20 July 2016 • 60 min
A countdown of Internet clips; revolutionary reversing; fish out of water; a bizarre six-pack; experts separate fact from fiction.
6. Nailed It
Aired 27 July 2016 • 60 min
The Internet's biggest stunts and builds; featuring skiing acrobatics, memory skills and a kite surf stunt.
7. Garage Genuis
Aired 3 August 2016 • 60 min
Searching the world's garages, backyards and basements to find home inventors; items include a super strong model truck, a carnival ride and a backyard apocalypse bunker.
8. Man vs. Animal
Aired 10 August 2016 • 60 min
A countdown of the wildest animal videos on the Internet.
9. Don't Tell Mom
Aired 17 August 2016 • 60 min
On this very special Mother's Day edition of Outrageous Acts of Science, we count down stunts you'd never want your mom to see.