MythBusters

Don't try this on your car

source: vancouversun.com

And we never did find the potato. MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyndeman produced much the same result on the show. Myth busted. ... and more »

Published Sat, Nov 28

Don't try this at home

source: nationalpost.com

And we never did find the potato. MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyndeman produced much the same result on the show. Myth busted. ... and more »

Published Fri, Nov 27

: Trash Landing : Video : Discovery Channel

source: Discovery Channel

Deceleration is Adam Savage's friend as the MythBusters take on the classic movie myth of whether a dumpster can be used to break a 13-foot fall. dsc.discovery.com

Published Tue, Nov 17

Episode 131: Crash and Burn

source: MythBusters Results

To begin, Jamie and Adam brought a car to the top of a quarry. The car accidentally rolled off the cliff before the accelerator was pushed down with a weight. The car tumbled only part of the way down the quarry walls and did not explode. The MythBusters next brought in a fresh car and designed an i...

Published Wed, Nov 11

Watch this (TV for Wed. 11/11)

source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

“MythBusters” (9 pm, Discovery). Why do cars always burst into flames whenever they crash in the movies? Tonight Adam and Jamie test whether that would ... and more »

Published Wed, Nov 11

Wednesday's Highlights

source: Calendar Live

MythBusters: Adam and Jamie test whether an out-of-control car really crashes and burns every time (9 pm Discovery). CSI: NY: After a tractor-trailer ...

Published Wed, Nov 11

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

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