Neil Reynolds as Actor
Episodes 52
You Fell Into a Black Hole?
Experience the most extraordinary ride in the universe – falling into a black hole.
Read MoreYou Could Dig Through the Earth?
The deepest hole humankind ever dug only got one thousandth of the way through the earth. But what would happen if you kept digging?
Read MoreYou Could Take a Lift to Space?
What would happen if there really was a lift that took you all the way up to space?
Read MoreYou Could Turn into a Giant?
Find out why turning into a huge giant would be no fairy tale.
Read MoreYou Could Go on Holiday to Mars?
Experience the ultimate in long-distance travel - a holiday on Mars!
Read MoreYou Could Levitate?
Good news - it’s possible to levitate! Bad news – there are some serious side effects.
Read MoreClouds Were Made Out of Cotton Wool?
Clouds might look like cotton wool, but if they were, things would get very messy.
Read MoreThe Earth Stopped Spinning?
Find out why stopping the Earth from spinning isn’t such a good idea.
Read MoreThe Moon Was Made of Cheese?
Things don’t quite go to plan when the moon turns into cheese.
Read MoreThe Earth Was Flat?
Find out why a flat Earth would feel very unflat indeed!
Read MoreWe Could Actually Stop Climate Change?
The planet is being destroyed - but this episode demonstrates the things you can do to help save it.
Read MoreYou Can't Wait for Christmas?
It really is possible to time travel into the future, and the team show you how!
Read MoreYou Could Shrink Yourself?
If you have always wanted to shrink yourself, this is the episode for you!
Read MoreYou Could Live on the Moon?
Some day people will live on the moon – find out just what they are in for.
Read MoreEverything You Touched Turned to Gold?
What if you could turn things to gold? This episode shows that it might not work out that well.
Read MoreYou Could Actually Reach for the Stars?
Want to reach for the stars? It would be the journey of a lifetime - literally.
Read MoreYou Could Live in Slow Motion?
Find out why living in slow motion would let you see things no-one else can!
Read MoreThe Earth Was Shaped Like a Doughnut?
Would it be possible to live on an Earth shaped like a doughnut? You might be surprised!
Read MoreYou Could Run at the Speed of Sound?
A fun run goes wrong when one ambitious runner tries running at the speed of sound.
Read MoreYou Try to Catch a Falling Star?
What happens if you try to catch a falling star? Spoiler alert - probably best not to try!
Read MoreYou Woke Up as a Lizard Superhero?
Why waking up with lizard powers would make you useless on earth but a superhero in space!
Read MoreYou Could Build a Gingerbread House?
It’s the ultimate baking challenge: making a gingerbread house you could actually live in.
Read MoreYou Could Teleport?
Is it really possible to teleport? Spoiler alert: it could end in disaster!
Read MoreYou Took All the Water Out of the Sea?
Empty the oceans and you’d see hidden wonders, but you’d also cause the end of the world.
Read MoreYou Could Switch Off the Sun?
See what would happen if you really could switch off the sun.
Read MoreYou Could Fly Like a Bird?
Anyone can fly like a bird – you just have to travel across the solar system to do it!
Read MoreYou Built a Mega Slide?
Could you build a slide to the other side of the world? You would need to start in space, use the slippiest slide ever and make sure you have enough supplies before you go down it.
Read MoreYou Walked Through Walls?
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to walk through walls? From turning into a gas to quantum trickery, we discover why it wouldn't be quite as useful as you'd like.
Read MoreWe Got Rid of Bugs?
Bugs might be annoying, but we would soon regret it if we got rid of them - all our favourite foods would disappear, and there would be dung everywhere.
Read MoreYou Needed Two of You?
From cloning to 3D printing, what if we could actually make copies of ourselves?
Read MoreYou Could Stop Global Warming?
Imagine if we had a thermostat that could turn the world temperature down - could we fix global warming? But be careful, a few degrees too far and could cause an ice age.
Read MoreYou Lived on Venus?
Venus has acid rain, crushing pressure and is hotter than an oven, so it might not sound like the ideal place to live. However, up in the clouds it's almost just like home.
Read MoreYou Could Shout Round the World?
Find out how to shout from one side of the world to the other.
Read MoreYou Were Invisible?
We try out three potential ways to become invisible and discover some surprising side effects.
Read MoreWe Had Two Suns?
There is a way that Earth could have a second sun, so we try it out to see what happens.
Read MoreYour Mind Could Move Things?
We imagine a world where it's possible to move things with your mind like films, but find that the laws of physics mean that this superpower wouldn't quite work like you expect.
Read MoreAnimals Were Supersized?
We look at whether some animals can get gigantic and find out that if you are being chased by a giant snail or a humungous butterfly, then fear not, you must be dreaming.
Read MoreYou Walked on the Ceiling?
We try using a gravity-bending black hole and spinning the earth faster to see if we can make it possible to walk on the ceiling.
Read MoreYou Were the Last Person on Earth?
What would the planet be like if all other humans disappeared, leaving you as the last person on earth?
Read MoreYou Built a Giant Sand Castle?
Is it possible to build a sand castle the size of a real castle? We imagine how it could be done, using a pneumatic drill and a huge, solid gold steamroller.
Read MoreYou Shrunk the Earth?
We find out what would happen if you shrank the earth. You could jump higher and move faster, but you would end up with altitude sickness even at sea level.
Read MoreMoney Grew on Trees?
If you had a tree that could grow money, would that make you rich? Even if you wait 20 years for your tree to grow, you will probably end up no richer than you started.
Read MoreYou Flew Like a Superhero?
Flying like a superhero may sound like enormous fun, but there are some serious downsides that Hollywood does not tell you about - weather, extreme cold and even fizzy blood.
Read MoreThere Were No Colours?
Imagine removing all the colours one by one? It would change more than just how things look, and after taking out just three colours, we would not be able to see anything at all.
Read MoreYou Only Ate Burgers?
If everyone in the world ate nothing but cheeseburgers, we would run out of land, and even if we went meat-free, we would have to invent some crazy burgers to get the nutrients we need.
Read MoreYou Threw a Ball Round the World?
To throw a ball around the world, you need to start out in space, throw it ten times the speed of a bullet and make sure your ball does not explode when it hits the atmosphere.
Read MoreYou Built the Tallest Building on Earth?
We reveal how to create the ultimate in tall buildings by going to the moon and taking inspiration from wedding cakes.
Read MoreYou Had Kangaroo Legs?
To win a marathon, are you better off with the bouncing legs of a kangaroo, the long legs of a T. rex or sticking with the legs of a human?
Read MoreYou Were Indestructible?
We imagine becoming unbreakable by removing our bones, turning our skin to metal and finally by becoming completely elastic, but indestructibility isn't everything we hoped for.
Read MoreYou Surfed Without Water?
Sometimes you want to go surfing, but it's too far to the beach, so we try surfing on land with the help of a volcano and some giant fans.
Read MoreEarth Ran Out of Energy?
We try out a crazy idea from science fiction to build a giant sphere around the sun and give us more energy than we'll ever need.
Read MoreYou Could Walk Up Walls?
We take inspiration from the natural world as we imagine a new kind of superhero that can walk up walls.
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