Street Genius

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Tim Shaw takes science to the streets again and teaches viewers how to make a bomb out of a coffee creamer. This and more, on Street Genius.

In this episode, Tim Shaw's scientific experiments take in everything from Hollywood-style car chases to bottle caps and bicycle wheels.

Tim Shaw creates lightning, passes a live wire through a pickle, blasts through ice blocks, and attempts to create instant fried turkey from frozen.

Tim Shaw continues to take science to the streets with insane experiments, from burning teddy bears to firing a laser in an arcade.

Tim Shaw takes us on a freewheeling journey through the science on our doorstep, asking normal people what makes things do what they do.

Tim Shaw shows us wonderful, bewildering and sensational science is all around us through a series of experiments in everyday environments.

Tim Shaw takes us on a thermometer-busting journey from the concentrated sunlight of a Fresnel lens, to the deep freeze properties of liquid nitrogen.

Tim Shaw takes on more scientific challenges, attempting to find the best improvised BBQ lighters and achieve perfect synchronicity.

Tim Shaw demonstrates dramatic ways to understand the natural forces at work in our everyday lives, while the public tries to anticipate the outcome.

Tim Shaw invites us to witness more bizarre experiments, from making ice-cream with a fire extinguisher, to blowing up a garden shed.

Tim Shaw attempts a familiar tablecloth trick, goes on a rescue mission for melted ice-cream, and attempts to blow open a safe.

Tim Shaw explains the science behind shooting a rain of fire from a shotgun, and destroys a boulder with an improvised explosive.

From shooting hoops in a moving vehicle to boiling a bottle of bubbly in a microwave, Tim Shaw shows us more everyday science in the world around us.

Tim Shaw tests the stopping power of tires with explosive consequences, and performs some gravity defying experiments with shattering results.

Tim Shaw begins his explosive journey in a grocery store, then turns a glass droplet into a grenade, and seemingly turns silver into gold.

Tim Shaw shows us how a harmless table tennis ball can pack a mighty punch and the science behind the slinky in mesmerizing slow-motion.

Tim Shaw invites members of the public to predict the outcome of some high-octane experiments then makes a quick getaway with an ejector seat.

Tim Shaw organizes a set of highly unusual scientific challenges for ordinary members of the public, including a slip-sliding race.

Tim Shaw fires fast food out of a cannon, fights fire with a kitchen sieve, and finishes with a barrel blasting experiment that you can't miss.

On a tour of Las Vegas, Tim sets off fire extinguisher rockets and finds out what happens when a person gets vacuum-packed.

Tim Shaw takes science to the streets, creating a gas tank fireball and demonstrating how water balloons stop a bullet moving at 1,000 km per hour.

Tim invites us to witness the crushing power of a steel blade, the force of a shotgun, and explosive action of a man-made lightning bolt.

Tim takes science to the streets, revealing which weird rocket fuel will be the most effective and how to quench your thirst with a chainsaw.

Tim takes science to the streets, testing the sticking power of glue, the kicking power of a rocket boot and the mystifying properties of dry ice.

In this episode Tim tackles the intense white heat of magnesium, the strength of car components and the winning qualities of increased muscle power.

Even toughened glass can't resist the impact of Tim's experiments, in this shattering edition of Street Genius.

The man they call the Street Genius introduces us to the incredible truth about why things do what they do.

Tim takes science to the streets as he shoots at targets from a moving vehicle and reveals the surprising science behind helium-filled balloons.

Tim takes science to the streets as he fires a bowling ball across the desert using four unusual fuels and reveals how indigestion antacids work.

Tim sets off some explosives in water, air, sand and a partial vacuum and finds out what material can or cannot contain the blasts.

Tim takes science to the streets, turning everyday items into fuel for a human cannonball and trying to balance 18 nails on the head of one.