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Jem Stansfield tests out new braking systems that won't burn money and Liz Bonnin looks into the origins of speech by trying to wipe out someone's speech cortex.
Meanwhile, Dallas Campbell takes part in a sea race with Dame Ellen MacArthur to try and explain why British summers are rubbish and Dr Yan Wong explains a common optical illusion.
More about this week's programme
Take the Bang challenges
Janet Sumner
Can you use your scientific knowledge and know-how to get the Bang! team out a series of sticky situations? Read more : Take the Bang challenges
From Platform - Dabble with science
The Open University
As the programme comes together, Platform's Robyn Slingsby takes the chance to dabble with science. Read more : From Platform - Dabble with science
More Bang on bbc.co.uk
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Find out more about the team and the challenges they face - and watch online. Read more : More Bang on bbc.co.uk
Inside The Science
The weather boat
Mapping Live Shipping Data Around the Isle of Wight
Dreamstime
Tony Hirst explains how a Twitter tweet led him to discover a map of real-time shipping on the Solent. Read more : Mapping Live Shipping Data Around the Isle of Wight
What is happening to the Earth's weather?
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A battering on hottest, driest and dampest superlatives. Has climate change transformed the weather? Read more : What is happening to the Earth's weather?
Challenge: Predict the Weather
Open2 team
The science behind weather prediction, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Rough Science 2 Read more : Challenge: Predict the Weather
From OpenLearn - Managing coastal environments
The Open University / Karen Parker
The Blackwater estuary in Essex is the focus for a free OU course sample on managing coastal environments. Read more : From OpenLearn - Managing coastal environments
From the OU on iTunesU - Air pollution and clean-up
OU
How can we trust the quality of the air we breathe? Watch our videos exploring air pollution and clean-up. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Air pollution and clean-up
From the OU on iTunesU - Environment: Habitat and conservation
OU
The sea and the land have always had boundary issues, but climate change will make it worse. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Environment: Habitat and conservation
Better brakes
The science of G-force
BBC
After having been hit in the face with G-force for Lab Rats, Mike Leahy explains exactly what he was up against. Read more : The science of G-force
Speed
BBC
Robert Llewellyn and Dr Jonathan Hare take on Hollywood Science, testing the science that filmgoers take for granted. Here they look at how well the... Read more : Speed
From the OU on iTunesU - Rotating bodies and angular momentum
OU
Ice skaters and highland games illustrate the principles of stopping, starting, rotating bodies and angular momentum. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Rotating bodies and angular momentum
From OpenLearn - Describing motion along a line
The Open University / Karen Parker
The world as we know it depends on motion. But how do we talk about it? Get tips for describing motion along a line. Read more : From OpenLearn - Describing motion along a line
Motion under gravity
The Open University
Downhill all the way? Join us to explore the finer points of motion under gravity. Read more : Motion under gravity
Gift of the gab
Verbal fluency
Production team
John Oates explains verbal fluency. Have fun with our tests to measure how quickly you can think and talk Read more : Verbal fluency
Learning to talk
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Dr. Clare Wood takes a look at the development of communication in babies and children Read more : Learning to talk
Understanding what others think
The Open University
This example of how young children understand what others think shows some of the ways in which our research is carried out and our ideas... Read more : Understanding what others think
Wheel rotation and optical illusions
Flights of fancy: Why do some wings shine?
BBC
Professor Roy Sambles, an optical physicist, describes research into the proteins that create a metallic appearance on the wings of moths and butterflies Read more : Flights of fancy: Why do some wings shine?
Lightning
Make your own lightning
BBC
The BBC/OU series Science Shack shows you how to create your own thunderstorm and see if you can hit the church spire with lightning. It... Read more : Make your own lightning
OU on the BBC: Science Shack - How can I survive a lightning strike?
BBC
Adam Hart-Davis and the team take on the elements, as part of the BBC/OU's Science Shack series. Read more : OU on the BBC: Science Shack - How can I survive a lightning strike?
From OpenLearn - Static electricity
The Open University / Karen Parker
Sometimes inspiration comes in the strangest ways. Discover how photocopiers owe their invention to static electricty. Read more : From OpenLearn - Static electricity
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