Outrageous Acts of Science
★ 6.4 · 2013 · 45m · Reality · Documentary
Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
Episodes
More Like This
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet
2022 · ★ 6.6
Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.
More info →
Devil in the Web
2022 · ★ 6.7
Internet crimes often take a devastating toll on the victims. Strangers can now access others' personal lives to harass, violate, and even physically attack them. Once this type of crime occurs, it's nearly impossible to get justice -- or relief.
More info →
Sexe + Techno
2021
Jean-Michel Vanasse and Marilou Ethier set out to explore the world of new technologies that are transforming our relationship to sex.
More info →
Masters of Engineering
2017
What propelled the construction of higher and higher buildings? Which technologies made the discovery of the oceans possible? How are gravity defying bridges designed? What will the future of the aircraft industry be? Combining bluechip photography with innovative CGI, all set in spectacular locations across the world, this documentary series highlights the history of human ingenuity.
More info →
In Real Life
2025
Ekiem Barbier and Guilhem Causse offer a unique experience to Victor Assié, a young actor questioning the meaning of his profession: to explore an online simulation of daily life as an avatar and meet its users, while playing his own role. Through his complicated but hilarious peregrinations, he discovers a new yet familiar world.
More info →
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
2019 · ★ 7.8
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
More info →
MythBusters
2003 · ★ 7.8
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
More info →
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
1980 · ★ 8.7
Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
More info →