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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.
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Take the photographic memory test
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Can you capture scenes just by looking at them? Find out with our photographic memory test. Read more : Take the photographic memory test
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 - The scientist
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Our sister site Platform got some talk-time with Bang Goes The Theory's Dallas. Read more : From Platform - The scientist
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
Magic and misdirection
Wipe out: Can you remove memories?
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In this extract from episode six of Breaking Science, Doctor Chris Smith and Helen Scales discuss a scientific development which might, one day, lead to... Read more : Wipe out: Can you remove memories?
Did you see it? The magic of misdirection
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Are you pretty sharp? Do you pride yourself on your Holmes-like powers of observation? Try watching the 'Bet You Can't Do This' video Read more : Did you see it? The magic of misdirection
From the OU on iTunesU - Exploring psychology
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Watch a collection of videos investigating case studies from the course Exploring Psychology. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Exploring psychology
From the OU on iTunesU - Cognitive psychology
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Discover the scientific or theoretical explanations at the heart of cognitive psychology. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Cognitive psychology
Man-made and spider fibres
The science of ceiling-walking
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Flies do it, spiders do it, even geckos do it – but humans are useless at walking on the ceiling. What do those creatures have... Read more : The science of ceiling-walking
Shanghai Noon
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Robert Llewellyn and Dr Jonathan Hare take on Hollywood Science, testing the science that filmgoers take for granted. Here they look at the science behind... Read more : Shanghai Noon
From OpenLearn - Challenge of temperature
The Open University / Karen Parker
No matter what you're engineering, nor where, sooner or later you'll be having to face the challenge of temperature. Read more : From OpenLearn - Challenge of temperature
From the OU on iTunesU - Design and designing
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From the basics of drawing to turning ideas into products, follow course materials in design and designing. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Design and designing
From OpenLearn - People-centred designing
The Open University / Karen Parker
If you don't have your users at the heart of what you do, you've failed. Uncover people-centred designing. Read more : From OpenLearn - People-centred designing
Sodium acetate
From OpenLearn - The molecular world
The Open University / Karen Parker
Dip into some Open University course materials and get closer to the molecular world. Read more : From OpenLearn - The molecular world
From the OU on iTunesU - Molecular Science: Spectrometry
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Download a short series of videos for a close-up look at science with molecular spectrometry. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Fighter pilots
The science of G-force
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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
Systemic Inquiry
Eurofighter Typhoon
Simon Bell, senior lecturer at the Open University, looks at why this multi-national design and construction project is a textbook case in Systems Thinking and... Read more : Systemic Inquiry
Eurofighter: Making it pay
Eurofighter Typhoon
With the cash invested into Eurofighter, Craig Hoyle ask how the manufacturers can hope to turn a profit? Read more : Eurofighter: Making it pay
Future proofing
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Darren Lake asks how companies can future-proof expensive projects like Eurofighter? Read more : Future proofing
From the OU on iTunesU - Maths as others see it
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A trip to a hospital sees numbers in action and reveals maths as others see it. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Maths as others see it
From the OU on iTunesU - Soaring achievements
The Open University / Karen Parker
How have gliders helped shape powered flight? It's a soaring achievement. Read more : From the OU on iTunesU - Soaring achievements
From OpenLearn - Mathematical modelling
The Open University / Karen Parker
Calculations can be used to make all sorts of predictions: explore mathematical modelling. Read more : From OpenLearn - Mathematical modelling
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