Outrageous Acts of Science

Science tries to spot fake clips on the web, scrutinizing an underwater base jump, a tank brake test, an artist trying to create a picture using GPS and the most amazing pool trick in the world.

Adrenaline junkies get their blood pumping driving a car on just two wheels, kissing a giraffe, base jumping from a Bolivian death road and navigating a small cave in a wing suit.

Mad inventions include a rope jumping car, a Japanese robot that never loses at rock-paper-scissors, a one wheeled motor bike, a human catapult and real-life rocket boots.

Nature and science wonders include a woman who survived an avalanche, a man who can hold his breath for over 22 minutes, singing sand dunes, a talking myna and a slackliner who walks between hot-air balloons.

The best talents on the net include a freestyle finger snapper, a man who drifts two cars simultaneously, a wiffle ball pitching wizard, a snake that can open doors and a three-year-old basketball prodigy.

Amazing feats in self experimentation involve a man who can pop his eyes out, an inflatable bike helmet, a tablet that makes vinegar sweet, contagious yawning, balancing babies and unusually powerful remote-control helicopters.

Inquiring experimenters harness the basic laws of the universe, working with gesture control in Canada, levitating objects in Japan and powering up a solar car in Germany.

Experiments in scientific destruction involve powerful magnets that can crush a hand, a homemade cannon, a boy whose voice is jammed and a huge home explosion.

Ultimate scientific fails include a Canadian with a phobia of lobsters, an epic surfing wipe out, the world’s hardest tongue twister and the Russian paraglider who takes on an eagle and lives to tell the tale.

Backyard geniuses create the most dangerous electric bike in the US, a human-powered submarine, a hovercraft that can also fly and a life-sized Lego car.