Season 1 (2015)

Lightning
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April 19, 2015 • 24m

When examining the origins of electricity, names like Andre Ampere, Georg Ohm or Benjamin Franklin and his kite come to mind. Nige...Read more

Explosions
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April 26, 2015 • 24m

The question is do real explosions differ from movie explosions. Nigel Latta goes on a mission to discover if he could still walk ...Read more

Weather
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May 3, 2015 • 24m

Walk or run in the rain - which gets you more wet. How windy is wind, and how cold is cold ?

Collisions
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May 10, 2015 • 24m

Are all cars safe in a collision, or are there factors that can make them better or worse ? Nigel Latta investigates.

Fire
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May 17, 2015 • 24m

What really happens in a house fire ? Nigel sets out to get the answer by setting a house on fire. The results are surprising.

Space
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May 24, 2015 • 24m

Nigel wants to be the first New Zealander to make it into space. To do so he explores the fundamental physics of rocket science, a...Read more

Sound
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May 31, 2015 • 23m

Breaking the sound barrier. A good excuse for Nigel to invent some crazy experiments, and break a few other things along the way. ...Read more

Gravity
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June 7, 2015 • 24m

Gravity is usually associated with names like Galileo and Isaac Newton. Nigel tests the fundamentals of gravity through some inter...Read more