Kari and the guys test a series of volunteers to examine their speed and accuracy when it comes to reading emotional cues.

Stranded on an island with just duct tape and plastic wrap, Jamie constructs a solar still to create drinkable water from condensation.

Using a bow drill is one of the most traditional ways to start a fire. It’s also one of the hardest ways.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Jamie shows how to spear fish using duct tape and sticks.

From hammocks to chess sets, Adam creates one swanky pad! It’s all the comforts of home on a deserted island!

Despite having never surfed before, Jamie Hyneman decides to make a surfboard out of duct tape. It goes better than expected.

To escape a deserted island, Adam and Jamie build a boat completely out of duct tape and branches.

After seeing a viral video of a lizard running on water, the Mythbusters are dead set on replicating the lizard’s limbs to help a human do the same.

Kari and the guys find out if a simple table can interrupt shockwaves and deflect the impact of a fatal explosion.

In the Bourne movies, a magazine is shoved inside a toaster. 20 seconds later, it causes an explosion in the house. Could this happen in real life?

Inspired by a scene from Bourne Supremacy, Adam and Jamie want to know if 9% methane to oxygen is the recipe for the perfect bang. The relation of oxygen to flammable gas is called stoichiometry.

Mythbusters has had a lot of explosions. So you can bask in their pyrotechnic glory, enjoy this mashup set to the 1812 Overture.

Grant and Tory head to NASA to find out if a leaky airplane toilet can cause a buildup of blue ice that could detach from a plane and plummet from the sky.

If you work for 10 years collecting antacids in prison, can you escape?

You would think night vision goggles would help, but that might not be the case.

To Adam Savage’s surprise, the expansion rate for these tablets is exponential.