Outrageous Acts of Science

Outrageous Acts of Science

Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.

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Seasons

1. Homemade Heroes

Air Date: 2013-04-20

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world.

2. Human Guinea Pigs

Air Date: 2013-04-27

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world.

3. Natural Born Thrillers

Air Date: 2013-05-04

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world.

4. Epic Stunts

Air Date: 2013-05-11

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world. Includes drone races, "Flight of the Quadrotor" segment, the #3 Epic Stunt.

5. Power Junkies

Air Date: 2013-05-18

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world.

6. Dukes of Havoc

Air Date: 2013-06-01

Science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists conduct experiments and post their exploits online, competing with other backyard scientists to go bigger and bolder. Outrageous Acts of Science delves into this fascinating world

7. Top 20

Air Date: 2013-06-29

Season review.

1. Kings of Carnage

Air Date: 2014-02-01

Scientific destruction! Featuring anvil shooting, a man called Thundershin', MRI destruction, demolition fail and jumping out of a chopper without a parachute!

2. Show Offs

Air Date: 2014-02-22

A super moonwalk, a tightrope stunt and a whistling walrus are featured. Also: A monk throws a needle through glass.

3. Daredevils

Air Date: 2014-03-01

Train surfer; dog on a tight rope; skydiver walks from one plane to another.

4. Zeroes to Heroes

Air Date: 2014-03-08

High dive tragedy; tongue lamppost fail.

5. When Nature Calls

Air Date: 2014-03-15

Gorilla walking like a man; indoor clouds; a man who chases volcanoes.

6. Human Lab Rats

Air Date: 2014-03-29

Self Experimentation! Featuring the world’s best speed eater, Rollerman, a bot fly in a girls head, the incredible broken arm and the Human powered helicopter!

7. The People's Vote

Air Date: 2014-04-05

The very best of OAS as voted for by you the viewer. We have put together your favourite clips from across all the OAS seasons so far!

8. Masters of the Universe

Air Date: 2014-04-12

A look at vertical diving taken to the extreme. Plus a man who has no fear of heights at all and crazy maneuvers made by a helicopter.

9. Freaks of Nature

Air Date: 2014-04-19

Electric man; a backwards car; a man who catches animals with animals.

10. Muthas of Invention

Air Date: 2014-04-26

Tallest bicycle in LA; hover platform; 3D printer powered by solar energy.

11. Backyard Boffins

Air Date: 2014-05-03

Triple BMX back flip; air-raid siren; propane tank submarine.

12. Hackaverse

Air Date: 2014-05-10

Inflatable snowmobile; trolley rocket; bedbug tattoos; car driven by an Ipod.

13. Heroes and Hoaxers

Air Date: 2014-05-17

Featuring musical fruit and a shark balancer.

14. Greatest Hits II

Air Date: 2014-05-24

Scientists select the best clips from season 2.

1. Fact or Fake

Air Date: 2015-01-17

The Web's most unbelievable videos! Can our team of experts spot the fakes? Features underwater BASE jumping and the world's most amazing pool trick shot.

2. License to Thrill

Air Date: 2015-01-24

A man pops wheelies with a car; a man is taped to a ceiling; BASE jumpers go to extremes.

3. Kings of Creation

Air Date: 2015-01-31

A car that jumps rope; a Japanese robot that never loses "Rock Paper Scissors"; a one-wheeled motorbike; rocket boots.

4. Born to Be Wild

Air Date: 2015-02-07

A woman who lived through an avalanche; a man who can hold his breath for over 22 minutes; a daredevil who walks between two hot air balloons thousands of feet in the air.

5. Grand Masters

Air Date: 2015-02-14

6. Tested on Humans

Air Date: 2015-02-21

7. Lords of the Elements

Air Date: 2015-02-28

8. Cowboys of Chaos

Air Date: 2015-03-07

A homemade cannon; exploded homes; and magnets that can crush a hand.

9. Epic Fails

Air Date: 2015-03-14

A surfing mishap; the world's toughest tongue-twister; and a man's fear of lobsters.

10. Urban Legends

Air Date: 2015-03-21

A dangerous electric bike; a human-powered submarine; and a life-sized Lego car.

1. Fact or Fiction

Air Date: 2015-06-20

Are these incredible web clips fakes or not? Our team of scientists spots the hoaxes. Featuring skiing in Hawaii, a wingsuit pilot towed by a car, a close encounter with a great white shark, vertical driving, and the most amazing handgun trick shot ever.

2. Speed Freaks

Air Date: 2015-06-27

We're going faster, further, and weirder than ever before! Featuring a man who drives his car 1,000 feet over water, a shrimp with the fastest punch in the animal kingdom, bionic boots, and a car that jumps over a plane.

3. Home Hacks

Air Date: 2015-07-04

The best backyard geniuses online! Featuring motorcycle chariot racing in Florida, a man who gives his friends a lift with his homemade Iron Man-style exoskeleton, a plane that flies without wings, and a 9-foot-high robotic insect.

4. No Limits

Air Date: 2015-07-11

5. Win or Fail

Air Date: 2015-07-18

6. Demolition Derby

Air Date: 2015-07-25

7. Superhuman

Air Date: 2015-08-01

8. Forces of Nature

Air Date: 2015-08-08

9. Insane Inventions

Air Date: 2015-08-15

10. Weird Science

Air Date: 2015-08-22

1. Like a Boss

Air Date: 2016-01-09

Find out how to do it like a boss. Features a record-breaking butt skipper, a woman restraining four motorcycles, and the fastest downhill bike ride ever. These guys reveal the very best of human ingenuity and perseverance by doing it like a boss.

2. Is this for Real?

Air Date: 2016-01-16

We separate science fact from science fiction. From a woman who walks on water and a man that pumps up inner tubes with his ears, our experts ask "are they for real?," and expose the internet's best tricksters.

3. Man vs. Nature

Air Date: 2016-01-23

A glass-breaking gorilla and a speed-racing sea lion face off against a snowman in the desert and an underwater wheelchair.

4. Epic Skills

Air Date: 2016-01-30

We countdown the clips that show off the Internet legends with the most epic skills on the planet: the world's most incredible skin, the world's first tattooing toes, and a speed flier that lands inside a moving cable car.

5. Homemade Hotshots

Air Date: 2016-02-06

A countdown the most amazing and dangerous home experiments; mixing electricity with swimming pools; racing supercharged golf carts on the dragway; setting off homemade gunpowder.

6. Wild Rides

Air Date: 2016-02-13

Snowboarding in the clouds; quad bike riding with a koala; looping a car in a sphere.

7. Brain vs Brawn

Air Date: 2016-02-20

8. Killer Builds

Air Date: 2016-02-27

A countdown of the best builds on the web; a seafaring supercar; bees that can 3D print, jet powered wings that can make a man fly.

9. Facepalm

Air Date: 2016-03-05

A close call with a humpback whale; a plane with circular wings; painful ant bites; and a glow stick explosion.

10. Shock & Awesome

Air Date: 2016-02-13

Included: a communicating crow; super speedy tractor; silly putty axe; monster crane lift; and surfing motorcycle.

11. Food Fight

Air Date: 2016-04-08

The science behind Internet food videos.

12. More Than Meets the Eye

Air Date: 2016-04-15

The craziest optical illusions and visual tricks on the Internet are counted down.

13. Animal Takeover

Air Date: 2016-04-22

1. Not Safe for Work

Air Date: 2016-06-22

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

Air Date: 2016-06-29

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

Air Date: 2016-07-06

Putting the human body to the test; skill, strength and intelligence; tongue twisting tricks to human flight.

4. Transformers

Air Date: 2016-07-13

5. Punked?

Air Date: 2016-07-20

A countdown of Internet clips; revolutionary reversing; fish out of water; a bizarre six-pack; experts separate fact from fiction.

6. Nailed It

Air Date: 2016-07-27

The Internet's biggest stunts and builds; featuring skiing acrobatics, memory skills and a kite surf stunt.

7. Garage Genuis

Air Date: 2016-08-03

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

Air Date: 2016-08-10

A countdown of the wildest animal videos on the Internet.

9. Don't Tell Mom

Air Date: 2016-08-17

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.

1. Power Hungry

Air Date: 2016-10-26

2. Accident or Design

Air Date: 2016-11-02

3. Movers and Makers

Air Date: 2016-11-09

4. Power Up

Air Date: 2016-11-16

5. Game Changers

Air Date: 2017-01-04

Prepare to follow in the wake of the some of the internet’s most ingenious trend setters. We’ve got never-before-done barrel rolls, dizzying experiments in space, and a bungee jump like no other. We're going to the cutting edge -- and beyond.

6. Neighborhood Watch

Air Date: 2017-01-11

We celebrate the scientific world in our own backyards with some of the wildest homemade Internet videos. Meet the suburban scientists who bathe in Silly Putty and the daredevils who build flying bikes, and find out the truth behind backyard UFOs.

7. Beta Testers

Air Date: 2017-01-18

Beta Testers: Problem-solve with some of the best inventors on the web. We watch as these ambitious creators test a kit to fend off sharks, skydive without parachutes, and build DIY scuba gear.

8. Fearless or Foolish

Air Date: 2017-01-25

We’re turning the spotlight on both fearless and foolish internet legends. We’ll see heart stopping trick shots, extreme mountain unicyclers, and a relaxing hot bath of chilli sauce. These epic skills and fails prove science is one tough Task Master.

9. Amped Up

Air Date: 2017-02-01

We’re showcasing the most inventive people on the web. People who’ve taken a simple idea and turned it up to 11! We’ll learn how to get a tattoo from a machine, build an engine from paper, and ride on a giant homemade swing.

10. Truth or Troll

Air Date: 2017-02-08

Can a saw made of paper cut wood? Can you take a selfie with a tornado? Do giant gators roam Florida's golf courses? Our experts are on a mission to find the truth and expose the web's greatest trolls.

11. Natural Selection

Air Date: 2017-02-15

We’re on an internet expedition in search of Mother Nature’s biggest OMG moments. We’ve got cuddly bears, criminal ferrets and an entire island made from trash. We’re on the quest for the weirdest, wildest and wackiest nature lovers on the internet.

12. Epic Elements

Air Date: 2017-02-22

Spotlighting pioneers who have wrestled with the forces of the universe and faced the elements in order to capture something extraordinary.

13. Crowd Pleasers

Air Date: 2017-03-01

14. Moguls of Mayhem

Air Date: 2017-03-08

A countdown of clips celebrating the fearless innovators who have a genius for anarchy and destruction. From real-life hungry hippos to a firearm symphony shootout, these kings of carnage will showcase science in its most explosive form.

15. Pure Power

Air Date: 2017-03-15

Plug in and witness these mighty individuals as they harness the speed, strength, and skills required to blow the lid off the internet. We'll see outrageous bungee jumps and powerful drones that can fly and swim.

16. Bucket List

Air Date: 2017-03-22

We're creating the ultimate bucket list. We'll learn how to cook bread with a volcano, build underwater hotel rooms, and go eyeball-to-eyeball with Great Whites.

17. Mind Benders

Air Date: 2017-03-29

We're about to blow minds with some of the most mind-bending clips on the web. Our experts taste-test a 100-year-old cracker, witness a real-life transformer car, and listen to guitars played underwater.

1. Life Hackers

Air Date: 2017-06-21

We're turning the spotlight on backyard inventors that are creating the ultimate life hacks. We'll see these geniuses turn a bike into a car, soda into a fire extinguisher, and a jet ski into a Jetovator.

2. Tons of Anarchy

Air Date: 2017-06-28

All things carnage; the world's biggest firework; a watermelon-destroying vacuum cannon; a giant fire tornado; anarchy and chaos.

3. Bragging Rights

Air Date: 2017-07-05

Counting down highly skilled show-offs; people who claim their epic skills give them serious bragging rights; tandem unicycles; high altitude dinner parties; archery with a twist.

4. Very Innovative People

Air Date: 2017-07-12

5. Seriously?

Air Date: 2017-07-19

6. Ground Breakers

Air Date: 2017-07-26

7. No Brainers

Air Date: 2017-08-02

8. Body Rockers

Air Date: 2017-08-09

Counting down just how far the limits of the human body can be pushed; experts test homemade gas masks and create music from blood; the most extreme body experiments on the web.

9. Rebooters

Air Date: 2017-08-23

10. Masters of Disasters

Air Date: 2017-08-30

A countdown of the most dangerous clips on the web; fearless people who have mastered disaster by turning it into a scientific endeavor; explosive artwork, underwater sword swallowing and a jumbo jet pulled by just one man.

1. Strangest Things

Air Date: 2018-02-28

2. Mod Fathers

Air Date: 2018-03-07

3. Owned It

Air Date: 2018-03-14

4. Supernatural

Air Date: 2018-03-21

Mother Nature's most amazing moments are featured. Included: a man eaten alive by leaches; a rainbow at night; and a man who pulls a car with his eye sockets.

5. How Not To

Air Date: 2018-03-28

6. MVPs

Air Date: 2018-04-04

7. Power Trippin'

Air Date: 2018-04-11

8. Masters of Mayhem

Air Date: 2018-04-18

9. Ultimate Upgraders

Air Date: 2018-04-25

10. Mind Blown

Air Date: 2018-05-02

1. Quantum Leaps

Air Date: 2018-10-17

A look at quantum leaps.

2. Only Natural

Air Date: 2018-10-24

3. Savage Skills

Air Date: 2018-10-31

4. This Changes Everything

Air Date: 2018-11-07

5. Make It Real

Air Date: 2018-11-14

The spotlight is focused on inventors changing the world one creation at a time. The expert builders behind flying motorcycles, giant fighting mega robots and rock climbing cars all feature.

6. Overachievers

Air Date: 2019-01-02

7. Supercharged

Air Date: 2019-01-09

8. Super Weird

Air Date: 2019-01-16

9. Controlled Chaos

Air Date: 2019-01-23

10. Unusual Suspects

Air Date: 2019-01-30

Following strange clips lurking in the shadows. Also: the crazy science behind snoring hummingbirds; bands performing underwater; and alligators frozen alive in ice.

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Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

2013-04-20

Episodes

110 (10 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

October Films

October Films