Mission Unstoppable - Season 1

Two Hollywood music producers explain the science behind your favorite pop hits, an inventor shares how they engineered a sweet twist on ice cream, and a NASA roboticist explains what it takes to drive the Mars Curiosity rover. LaurDIY shows how to make colorful "Liquid Lava" at home.

An expert engineer builds our self-esteem by building a tool box, a shark expert shares freaky creatures from the deep, and a scientist uncovers the prehistoric giants hiding below one of Americas biggest cities. LaurDIY explains the science behind a chocolate shell you can make at home.

An engineer with an exciting double life, a dynamic researcher leads a scavenger hunt to find the environmental factors affecting our neighborhoods, and two NASA scientists searching for the origin of life. LaurDIY makes kinetic sand.

A mechanical engineer who teaches robots to dance, a carnivore ecologist who tracks bears, and a paleoanthropologist who studies the evolution of the human diet by looking at the markings on million-year-old bones! Dr. Brain explains the brain science behind softball.

A biomedical engineer fixes bones with oyster shells; a geologist shares the science behind quakes on Earth and beyond; and a data scientist explains how our information shapes our communities and lives. LaurDIY shares a "mathmagical" trick you can do at home.

A brilliant scientist can make stars here on Earth using lasers; an augmented reality game teaches kids how to get along better, quantum computers are the future of computing; and meet a scientist who helped add new elements to the periodic table!

A shark is discovered right in the middle of a museum storage area! Plus, learn the secret behind writing hit songs, how your brain reacts to sports, and how to make kinetic sand in the comfort of your own kitchen!

A biomedical engineer who's working on putting your brain on a microchip, the woman behind the amazing Mars Rover; and a bus that is really a traveling biology lab in New York City!

A zoologist who loves bats so much she's dedicated her whole life to them, the former NASA Chief Scientist who is certain you're going to mars, and a high school student who invented a new way to make a prosthetic device for a man in need.

A marine biologist helps turtle conservation; a physicist accomplishes what scientists said was impossible; a neuroscientist who understands how the brain talks to itself.

An engineer saves the environment from a dangerous undersea threat; a team that protects the planet using physics; a scientist who knows what's science and what's fiction in sci-fi films.

A robot that can show kids how to share; a scientist who studies squid and their unlikely symbiotic friends; a mechanical engineer builds toys for the nation's future female STEM stars.

A coach uses science to keep her players in shape; an expert who studies singing apes; a computer engineer who is making artificial intelligence more equitable for all people.

A forensic scientist uses STEM to solve crimes; a bioengineer makes sports safer; a military specialist works on the most sophisticated radar systems in the world.

A marine biologist spends her day with baby sea turtles; a biomedical engineer uses techniques from the Mayans to improve modern dentistry; a dancer trains robots to move more humanlike.

A statistician shows the math behind games of chance; a physicist who is launching a rocket to learn about the sun; what NASA does when a space mission doesn't go according to plan.

A mechanical systems engineer who knows how to make things fly; a biomedical engineer rock climbs in the name of science; a nurse who specializes in treating radiological accidents.

A scientist uses photography to document the impact of severe weather events and climate change; cybersecurity specialists purposefully break into computers; a team of female firefighters make putting out flames an exact science.

A marine biologist who trains sharks; a geologist who compares Hawaiian rock to moon rock; a cloud research specialist who knows exactly where water has been.

Scorpions that glow in the dark; life-size statues that can be made in record time; how lasers are helping advancements in solar power.

A roboticist teaches robots to share; a community leader puts science on wheels; an engineer who builds toys.

A paleontologist shows how to get dinosaur bones out of rock; the science behind surf; stars that are different colors based on what they're made of.

A computer expert makes sure everyone can be a coder; the fight to save coral reefs; how science is using stretchy material to make cutting-edge electronics.

Using magnets to separate specific cells in the human body; the complex world underground; science gets technical about water.

A science entertainer shows us the way to entertain using science; over 60 "Thundercloud" reactions are set off; and we meet an ecologist working to save our wetlands and coasts.

A photographer uses pictures to help save the environment; we go on a scorpion hunt with an expert; and it turns out that sharks can be trained - at least a little!