MythBusters

Episode 124: “Curving Bullets”

source: MythBusters Results

A shooter can curve a bullet around an obstacle by swinging or flicking his or her arm. (Based on scenes from the movie Wanted.) busted The Build Team first went to a shooting range and set up a target with a wooden obstacle halfway between themselves and the target. Grant, Tory, and Kari each at...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Mainstreet Los Gatos: No pickles, ice cream for Byron, she's ...

source: San Jose Mercury News

Byron is depicted with accompanying photos of herself dispelling myths about pregnancy such as the craving for pickles and ice cream. Since she is a mainstay on the TV show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel, the article nicely dovetails with her day ... Kari Byron pregnant Fried Post

Published Thu, May 28

Episode 122: "Thermite vs. Ice"

source: MythBusters Results

The shock wave caused by an exploding bomb is enough to trigger a misfire in an SKS rifle. The Build Team tested another, similar myth from the same source, involving an exploded bomb setting off guns placed around the blast zone. This time, one of the guns did fire from the shockwave of the exp...

Published Wed, May 27

TV Junkie: 'Lost' Season Finale; Colber(t)'s Birthday; PBS Changes

source: LAist

 CA 9:00pm MythBusters Discovery - The teams test two myths of locomotion from the reliable horse to the sometimes unreliable motor car. 9:00pm World War II: Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West PBS/KCET - On Aug. 12, 1942, Joseph Stalin and ...

Published Wed, May 13

Episode 120: “Exploding Bumper”

source: MythBusters Results

Adam and Jamie set fire to a car with gasoline and measured the temperature with a thermographic camera, eventually determining that the blaze reached 1,400 °C (2,600 °F), enough to melt the aluminum bumper but surprisingly unable to make the bumper shock explode. Suspecting that unfoc...

Published Wed, May 13

Nathan Adrian Appears on Discovery Channel's MythBusters

source: SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

 AZ OLYMPIC gold medalist Nathan Adrian was featured on an episode of MythBusters last night on the Discovery Channel. The myth being tested on the show was whether "Swimming in Syrup" would be faster than swimming in water. The thought process behind the ...

Published Thu, May 7

Underwater Car

source: it.truveo.com

On this episode of MythBusters, Jamie and Adam test the stuff of nightmares in Underwater Car. Meanwhile Grant, Tory and Kari roll out the Seven ... it.truveo.com

Published Tue, May 5

Exploding Steak

source: fr.truveo.com

On this easily digestible episode of MythBusters, we're testing two myths-suggested by the fans: Exploding Meat & Don't Drive Angry. We push the ... fr.truveo.com

Published Sat, May 2