Mission Unstoppable

A chemical engineer makes fuel out of soybean oil; the mother of GPS; a scientist uses seashells to help human bones grow; a mathematician shows tricks to make math fun.

 Uncovering the prehistoric giants hiding below one of America's biggest cities; nuclear fusion; the dangers of distracted driving; a structural engineer who can make buildings as sensitive as humans.

The science behind surfboards; the power of a Tesla coil; the effects of carbon dioxide in the environment; the senses of cephalopods.

How different surfaces react differently to falling objects; a coach for the U.S. women's soccer team uses science to keep her players in shape; Miranda gets made into a woodland fairy with special effects makeup; driving the Mars Curiosity rover.

The CEO of an aquarium shows how they work to restore wildlife; why talking to oneself matters; stargazing tips; how people taste and experience food.

What grass is doing underground; how to make elephant toothpaste; an engineer with an exciting double life as a hockey goalie; the latest technology being used to build lunar landers.

Caring for an aquarium's collection of animals; what happens to human bodies in microgravity; what's going on in a brain with ADHD; how engineers use the laws of physics to build thrilling water rides.

A marine biologist shows how anemones could help save coral reefs; how to make kinetic sand; powering a light bulb with lemons; how to make a microscope at home.

How to get good sleep; a closer look at some interesting insects; the science behind fiber optics; using science to formulate the perfect lotion.

A bat conservationist debunks their spooky reputation and builds bat houses; how AI is being modelled after our brain's neural networks; the shape of sound; the future of space tourism.

A forensics investigator solves crimes with science; transforming a phone's camera into a macro lens; how to make a toolbox using math and engineering; the gases volcanoes emit.

Searching for glowing scorpions at night; clouds; making a microscope with a laser; cleaning up after a radiological accident.

A robotics engineer works to make robots more human; how synesthesia works in the brain; an industrial engineer helps build marshmallow towers; a forest entomologist saves the 'Ōhi'a tree from a harmful insect.

Using origami folding techniques to create moving robots; species of animals that farm like humans; black holes; a trackside engineer communicates with cars to help race car drivers win.

The songs of gibbons and their meanings; creating light using chemicals; a statistician demonstrates statistics, with birthdays; the importance of permafrost.

An engineer helps robots develop a sense of touch using tactile sensors; Miranda spills the STEM Tea on frogs; a physicist tests how sunscreen blocks UV rays and, a timber tracker smells the different chemical makeups of trees.

An immunologist levitates cells in order to fight cancer; vessel Astro Athena navigates the Earth using stars; the animals living underground.

Observing radioactive decay at home; a marine biologist studies beluga whales for conservation; why water is ruining electronics; exploring how molecules react to light in order to build solar panels.

A bioengineering student extracts strawberry DNA and how this study could be used to cure cancer; why pets are good for people's brains; sleep paralysis; how NASA is growing fresh crops in space.

A neuropsychologist tests memory to study the brain; an equation to search for life on other planets; a world of inaudible animal communication; the CEO of National Geographic shows a day in her life.

The biggest mammal in North America: bears, transforming astronauts' trash into fuel, creating technicolor lava, and how wind turbines generate electricity.

A sports physical therapist demonstrates how exercise can help heal injuries; Alice Ball's contributions to medicine; the science behind twinkling stars; a molecular biologist creates clothing.

A paleontologist examines bones to see what they can tell about the past; Dr. Brain talks about how dyslexia works in one's brain; how one can see what's happening in space; a microbiologist studies how diseases are passed between animals to humans.

An aerospace engineer demonstrates the four forces of flight, with a hang glider; a meteorologist makes a cloud in a bottle using science; an air pollution specialist; the healthy bacteria that helps squids camouflage.

Sending payloads into space for science; what's going on inside a bird's nest; the food one eats; the hemispheres of the brain.

A marine biologist creates specialty food for sea dragons in order to conserve their species; an archaeologist digitizes historical sites and artifacts using scanners, lasers, cameras and computers; a biomedical engineer innovates space suits.