Bang! Week nine
Jem Stansfield puts spider silk - the strongest material in the natural world - to the test; Liz Bonnin joins the RAF's flight school to find out the truth about multi-tasking; Dr Yan Wong experiments with sodium acetate; and Dallas Campbell dusts off his top hat to reveal the secret science of magic.
About the programme
Are you a camera?
Can you capture scenes just by looking at them? Find out with our photographic memory test.
Take the Bang challenge
Trapped in an underground lair. Can you use your science skills to beat the Bang challenges?
Our sister site Platform got some talk-time with Bang Goes The Theory's Dallas.
From bbc.co.uk
Get all the information on this week's programme - and watch for up to three months after broadcast - on the BBC One website.
Inside the science
Magic and misdirection
Going blank again
Does research with mice suggest Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind might become reality? Can you wipe memories?
Did you see it?
It can hide coins, cards, and even the Statue of Liberty. Discover the magic of misdirection.
From the OU on iTunes U
Watch a collection of videos investigating case studies from the course Exploring Psychology.
From the OU on iTunes U
Discover the scientific or theoretical explanations at the heart of cognitive psychology.
Man-made and spider fibres
Upside-down science
Can we copy spiders and stick ourselves upside-down? Explore the science of ceiling-walkers.
Urine - and then you're out?
Can urine really make fabric strong enough to allow escape from prison? Or was Jackie Chan taking the mickey in Shanghai Noon?
From OpenLearn
No matter what you're engineering, nor where, sooner or later you'll be having to face the challenge of temperature.
From the OU on iTunes U
From the basics of drawing to turning ideas into products, follow course materials in design and designing.
From OpenLearn
If you don't have your users at the heart of what you do, you've failed. Uncover people-centred designing.
Sodium Acetate
From OpenLearn
Dip into some Open University course materials and get closer to the molecular world.
From the OU on iTunes U
Download a short series of videos for a close-up look at science with molecular spectometry.
Fighter pilots
Under the chunder...
Nearly all fighter pilots throw up at some point in their training - but why? Explore motion sickness and the science of g-force.
White elephant or cash cow?
Unwanted burden or export giant? Building the plane is a first step - the challenge is making it pay.
Best before...?
It has all the latest technologies, but is it possible for Eurofighter to keep pace? Discover the plans for ensuring Eurofighter's technology had future proofing.
From the OU on iTunes U
A trip to a hospital sees numbers in action and reveals maths as others see it.
From OpenLearn
Calculations can be used to make all sorts of predictions: Explore mathematical modelling.
Get under the skin of science
Think you couldn't do science at university? Think again with The Open University
Content last updated: 25/09/2009
