Got a question for the Mythbusters?

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title_event_mythbusters.gifAre you a fan of the Mythbusters?  Think your students might be?  Well, they’re going to be special guests of Discovery Education at NSTA tomorrow and Lance is going to be hosting a Q&A with them.  While he has plenty of his own questions to ask them, we thought we’d open it up to you and your students!

Leave a comment with a question that you or your students would like to ask the Mythbusters and Lance will ask them it during the session tomorrow.  Rumor has it that he’ll be trying to get a few autographs to  give away as well, so there MAY be prizes involved here!

So… What would you like to ask Adam and Jamie?

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Comments

  1. Brian Slope

    Do you consciously try to follow the scientific method in every experiment that you design? Or is it just the way you guys work?

  2. Katie Knapp, VA DEN Chair

    We know that experiments don’t always turn out like we predict. What was one that really surprised you when it did not turn out as you expected?

  3. Lisa

    What do you have to do to get a job like yours?

  9. Rashon Sessoms-Karen Wright's Class

    We are in Albertville Alabama and want to know what is the best myth you have busted?

  10. Karen Wright's 4th grade class askes

    Is there such a thing as home advantage in sports?

  11. Tracy Selock

    If you could go back and tell your elementary teachers something, what would you tell them? and What types of things do you wish your teachers had taught or shown you when you were in the 5th grade?

  13. Patti Grammens' 8th grade class

    Have you ever done anything where you tested the tensile strength of dental floss by trying to use it as an escape rope from an upper story window? from Marco

  15. Allison

    What sparked your interest in Science?

  16. Eileen Malick

    Have you thought about having a segment of a Mythbuster-type of experiments that kids could actually do safely at home or in a classroom?

  17. Lance

    Thank you so much for posting questions. I hope you check out the video I posted. The Mythbusters answered almost all of your questions.

  18. Eileen Malick

    Quote from Lance:
    “… there MAY be prizes involved here!”
    …

  19. Dustin Lane Clark

    My question is about terminal velocity. It doesn’t make sense to me because if the force of gravity is pulling you down and is matched by the force of air and is pushing you up, wouldn’t you just float there?

  20. Patrick

    what weights more a ton of rocks or a ton of feather

    • jamain

      they r both the same broo

  21. Ransey Joiner

    Can magnets cure a headache?

  22. Cait Foster

    If you fill a back yard swimming pool with eatable jello, could you float in it? Or swim through it?

  23. Luke Billmeyer

    Is it true or is it a myth that vibration from music played in a fish house or boat, will draw fish to you?

  24. Connor M

    If you have a man with a RPG in a room with a window, and he shoots, will the air from the back rebound off the walls and throw him? If so, would it be fatal?

  25. Coby

    Can sound pop a bubble?

  26. Daejanay

    How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie role lollipop.

  27. G G

    I am a third grader who just read Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

    What I’d like to know, is there a white sperm whale alive?

  28. paul

    I was wondering if it was possible to have mirrors all lined up and see if u could see each other from the first mirror to the last mirror i would be interesting to know if you could see a man from the other side of the world just from lining up heaps and heaps of mirrors in a row but mabye on mythbusters u could just test lining up mirrors 1 km long and see if u could see each other from 1st mirror 2 last mirror p.s i am 13 and i have allways wanted 2 kno how far u could see each other just from mirrors and none of my science teachers know thanks. (:

  29. MIKE GREENIA

    I recently viewed the episode with captain kirks bamboo cannon. I do not remember mention of bamboos strength properties or variations in blackpowder manufacture. Bamboo does not attain its maximum strength. ( through silica ) until near its third year. Younger cane may burst with even a small charge. When mature its tensile strength exceeds that of modern steel. The force of simply made powder varies based on size of the grains ( larger and more asymetrical = more control slower reaction finer = faster burn less control. Change those factors and the mix of the three main components to less than 1 third saltpeter and I am positive the result would be better if not very good.

  30. Jeremy Boyd

    I was watching the “Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing” episode where they also cover the “breathalyser test” to see if it is beatable. This is probably a dumb question because Im an Art Major not a Science major. But, would a blood thinner work to lower the blood alcohal level since i think i heard them say “everything is proportional”. So wouldn’t that mean that if you thin out your blood, then so your breathalyser results would also read lower?

  31. Kaila and Nic

    Who would win in a fight astronauts or cavemen? astronaughts are wearing mixed suits and cavemen have clubs and they are on earth, astronaughts have no weaponry.

  32. Sarah

    I have 2 questions. The first is are the mythbusters green, if so how (I’ve noticed you do reuse machines)? The second is, I thought you can survive if you’re in the middle of a train between the rails.

  33. Jill

    Can you run into the side of a car a couple of times and the car catches on fire and explodes like in the movies?

    • Gator Lillie

      I want to blow things up how old do you have to be to get a job with your team I’m in 8th grade

  34. Gator Lillie

    What really happens if you put something like bubble gum in the end of a shot gun. Referring to Bugs Bunny cartons. Will it blow a bubble?

  35. kristen

    can u do a show of how much do people back wash a day

    • martin kuliza

      hello martin here. I’m a computer engineer, telecommunications engineer.
      actually it is possible, and not really that impressive.
      However it takes some preperation.
      if you watch the video carefully, let’s first of all give the nets a number. number 1 is the left one closest to us watching the vid. then count them clockwise and the right one being number 4.
      You’ll notice that the guy batting only needs to focus on the ball coming from number 3.
      the other nets are strategically setup so that the nets always deflect the ball into another net which deflects it to another and then into net 3 and back to the batter.

      of course this only works if the batter hits the ball coming from net 3 precisely into the first net
      (which obviously he has had practice at doing)

      But on the condition that he can hit that ball coming at him at the same target (relatively) every time, the balls will deflect in that impressive fashion that you see on the video.

      it’s sort of like juggling but horizontal instead of vertical

      when a juggler juggles 3 or 4 balls he only needs to focus on 2 balls to make the whole thing work, he will catch 1 in his left hand and throw it diagonally up to the right, and the other then in the right hand and he will throw it diagonally up to the left. that’s basically it.

      so.. yes it’s possible
      and to go one step further with the baseball video

      let’s ask ourselves, why didn’t he make it bounce of 8 nets ass opposed to 4.

      that’s simple….. it’s because this guys has calculated the bounce of each net.
      and therefore knows how far to stand from the 3rd net.
      now consider that when a ball bounces of a net it loses momentum based on the tension from the net, and the net absorbs part of the kinetic energy from the ball, thus slowing the ballspeed down.

      so if you add enough nets. the ball ,eventually will not have enough bounce to get back to the batter,

      in this example it’s calculated, and when the ball comes back at him, he hits the ball again, thus giving it more kinetic energy and (loosely stated) refreshing it’s speed back to the first net.

      does that answer you question
      Hope so.. be cool

  37. thomas

    in the movie ‘spun’ toward the end the dealer was making speed and he had blown it up. The explosion was huge and i do see why it was that big? can u tell my why?

  38. Dee

    I had a question about your show where you try to see if we can travel in straight lines if we are deprived of our sense of sight. I wonder what would happen if you did that experiment with a blind person?

    I enjoy your show very much, thank you.

  39. david

    if u try to drill upwards with the curly lines on the edge, would the drill pull you up or would u have to push it up?

  40. Don

    In the movies, you always see the actors able to break a car’s side windshield with either the butt of their handgun or even their elbow. Is this really possible?

  41. Jim Hodges

    Which uses less power? Plugging in the block heater on a diesel engine while it’s still hot and leaving it on for the whole night, or using a timer on the block heater and warning up the cold engine in the morning for a few hours?

  42. Anonymous

    I apologize if you find this silly to ask, but why do you have Christmas specials when you two and the others (I think) aren’t Christian?

  43. Graham Wilson

    Falling from a certain height into water is it really like hitting concrete, as the myth suggests

  44. bob

    someone said that if you put a primer cap opoxied into a hollow point bullet that when it hit the target it would explode the bullet is this true?

  45. bob

    I was told that if you opoxy a primer cap in the end of a hollow point bullet that it will explode the bullet on impacted. Is this really true or not?

  47. Emma From Adelaide

    Heyy Mythbusters?
    I have got a question for you. I was watching a movie and this guy got shot but his police bage saved him. Is it True that a police bage could save someones life?
    From Emma
    P.S Big Big Fan of your show!!! :)

  48. Jeff

    is it true that you can cause a circle (exercise) bike to catch fire wile exercising

  49. Patti

    Someone told my daughter they were beat with a 2×4 board until it broke. Is that even possible; to break a board that size on a human body? I don’t even think you would need to test that.

  50. Emma from Adelaide

    Heyy Mythbusters?
    I have got a question for you. I was watching a movie and this guy got shot but his police bage saved him. Is it True that a police bage could save someones life?
    From Emma
    P.S Big Big Fan of your show :-)

    • Will McIntosh

      police badges are bullet proof, Adam and Jamie tested this in bullet proof myths.

      Will McIntosh age 9

    • martin kuliza

      hey mate.
      first of all Badge is spelt B.A.D.G.E not bage.

      now to answer your question
      IN THE MOVIES (Which are mostly B.S.)
      if you have a Bible or a badge or a flask of whisky in your shirt pocket next to your heart, (in the movies) your pretty much guaranteed to survive LOL.

      But seriously, and scientifically stated
      first of all , being realistic, a police badge would not save SOMEONE’S life, it would only save a POLICESMAN’S life, because only a police man would ever wear one… right.

      but, let’s humour your question anyway….

      it all comes down to this
      1. what is the density of the badge (and is it metal or plastic)
      Knowing this will determine the resistance in the equation, or opposing force, if you prefer.
      2. what is the calibre of the firearm that is firing the bullet (this will determine the force being applied, in your theoretical equation)
      3. How far away is the shooter from the guy being shot (it’s important to understand that the bullet will lose momentum and force over distance)
      4. and if you really want to be geeky about it. You can go ahead and calculate the windspeed, the wind direction and to go totally nuts with this … you can calculate the coriolis effect of the earth.
      doing this will give you a more accurate result in the end,

      but in short.

      let’s give a very rough calculated example.
      let’s say the badge is metal and of such a density that it can withstand a focused forced of no larger than 3cm in diameter and not exceeding a pressure of let’s say..1Kg

      so that means if the shooter is firing a .9mm round from 50 metres away (and i’m not a gun expert OK, but i understand physics)
      and lets assume that 50 metres away will mean that bullet hits his badge and thus exerting a force of 999grams
      and assuming that there is no gravity, no coriolis effect, no wind resistance and not kinetic energy transferred to the guy getting shot.

      he would live.

      and now obviously if you added windspeed into this. and the wind was travelling in the opposite direction of the bullet, it would then slow the bullet down,… wouldn’t it.

      and putting the wind aside, if the shooter at 50 metres, took a step forward so he was now 49 metres from the guy being shot, the guy would get killed, because the badge can (hypothetically) resist an impact of 1kg, which is assumed for that calibre to be at 50 metres.

      understand how it all works now.

      it’s all about “FORCES AND MOTION” in physics
      and then you need to calculate RESISTANCE FACTORS, or OPPOSING FORCES.

      But the short realistic answer is, No it’s not possible.

      because if that were true, then police body armour would not be made from Kevlar, they would be made from the cheap metal that is used to make police badges.

      make sense, doesn’t it.

      be cool

  51. Pranav

    I am five years old can a man break the cars window by punching it like in the Indian movies.

  52. Will McIntosh

    Dear mythbusters, there is methane in your wind so if you are in a concealed room if you brake wind enough and put a lit flare inside. Will it blow up? Please test this. Wil McIntosh, 9 years old Norwich,Norfolk (big fan of the show : ) ) March 8th 2012

  53. paul howitt

    9/11 lie of the century.. you guys work hand in hand with the fbi .. and do thermite etc experiments. why wont u prove that gasoline cant melt steel. (especially asbestos coated buildings)and try to explain how building 7 fell over in sympathy for the other towers, when it was as such untouched. lol.. its be a nice way to prove u can answer the real questions people ask not prove magyver

    • anonymous

      do you want the show to be shut down? yeah, it’s obvious that 9/11 was planned by the government, and I don’t think anyone wants to mess with them. I think they should not touch any political issues. They tried once with the “moon landing” and looked very foolish and biased.

  54. shiv

    for google earth is the planet mars real or is it made up

    • martin kuliza

      Ummmm, are you for real???
      How old are you ?

      Ok,….. i guess since you took the time to post your question on a public forum,
      I’ll do you the respect of answering your question.

      Yes. Mars is a real planet, it’s not made up, it ACTUALLY exists.

      Personlly i leant this when i was about 8 years old in 3rd grade

      so…. the deal is…
      we live in a solar system
      we call our solar system “The Milky Way”
      within our solar we have 9 Planets and 1 Sun
      the Sun is the Centre of our Solar System
      all the 9 Planets revolve around the sun
      we call this act of planets revolving around the sun and “orbit”
      the planets . from closes to furthest from the sun are as follows

      #1 (Closest) – Mercury
      #2 – Venus
      #3 – Earth
      #4 – MARS (see here it is)
      #5 – Jupiter
      #6 – Saturn
      #7 – Uranus
      #8 – Neptune
      #9 (Furthest) – Pluto

      THEREFORE, Mars is the 4th Planet from the sun (it’s also known as the “Red Planet”)
      and yes we do know it exists, because, just like neil armstrong was the first astronaut on the Moon, we have had probes that have gone to mars and taken photographs, I’m not 100% sure if we have had a successful man mission to mars, but here’s some reading if you would like to read about it.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_mission_to_Mars

      I hope this helps you understand that Mars is a real place.

      it’s common knowledge and if you are over 10 years old, you should know that.

      Hope that helps you

  55. joshua

    will you get electrocuted in a storm if you are on a mobile phone i just watched a episode about the house phone and the shower just asking

  56. Jennifer

    In the episode where you drop the chunk of ice out of the air plane to see if it proves the “waste” falling on your house theory, I was wondering how you figured out the formula on the drop site to get it to land close to the target? I’ve been wondering what that formula would be for 9 years now, no ones seems to be able to know how to answer it. Thank you :)

  57. Cabooze Hastings

    Dear Mr. Savage,

    What is the brand of the armoured leather jacket you wore as protection while riding in the Ford 4×4 pickup with square tires (when you and Mr. Hineman were trying to determine how fast square tires would need to rotate to smooth the ride of the vehicle)? Thank you for your response.

    Kind regards,

    Cabooze

    • Emanuel

      Hi everyone!

      I´ll like to know this topic too pls.

      “What is the brand of the armoured leather jacket you wore as protection while riding in the Ford 4×4 pickup with square tires (when you and Mr. Hineman were trying to determine how fast square tires would need to rotate to smooth the ride of the vehicle)? Thank you for your response.

      Kind regards,

      Cabooze”

      Thank´s in advance.

  58. brian

    Is true that if you load a car up with nos you can get all the tires of the ground?

  59. brian

    when is your next eppisode on tv?

  60. Natalie

    hey myth busters,
    can you tell me
    “does stinky gas work better then ordinary gas or methane?”

  61. dj

    hey myth busters is it true that you can throw a gas can out of a moving car to another moving car and shoot the gas can and the gas can explode?

  62. John Paul

    HI Myth busters, I have a question for you, is it true that if you have oil on the threads of the oxygen regulator will it explode under compression ? I have heard by many people that it could happen. I thought if that happened it would possibly catch fire because of the heat and the oxygen. Please Help!!!!

  63. Sasha

    What will happen if you throw a crowbar, into the toilet of a steam train ?

  64. William

    Can a lot of sily putty stop a bullet? Also if you use enuf ducktap will it stop a bullet but how much will it tale in pounds and roles

  65. Zoey

    Can a shock collar restart you heart if you get a strong enough shock. Please help Because me and my friend are having a fight over it like she saying that it cant so im not sure but part of me says it is true so please help Adam and Jamie thx’s.

    • Martin

      hey zoey, until adam and jamie respond, i can help you with this, so you stop arguing,
      I’m a paramedic of many years.

      I”m also a computer and telecommunications Engineer.

      so.. here goes.
      first of all, when your heart stops (aka you go into cardiac arrest), and then the paramedic arrives puts on the pads and yells “clear” (lol) and shocks the person. (as you see in the movies ).
      He’s not actually RESTARTING the guys heart.

      this is how it works…..
      your heart is a pump,
      it’s made of muscle, within that muscle are chambers for the blood to occupy and flow through.
      now.. the mechanism by which the blood is forced to flow through the chambers is.. Compression.
      now, what causes the chambers to compress are what’s called.. CONDUCTIVE FIBRES within the muscles.
      these fibres carry electrical impulses (but not all at the same time).
      now the side of the heart that has fibres that are carrying electrical current. causes that side of the heart to contract and push blood into the next chamber.
      the blood can’t flow backwards into the previous chambers because of ONE WAY VALVES Called Tricuspid Valvles.
      now after all the boring explanation of how the heart works.

      you should now be asking, what controls the electrical impulses…. Good Question.

      the hearts rythmn is called SINUS RYTHMN because the heart has a little bump on it called a Node. this main node is called the Sinus Node.
      this little thing is responsible for the timing of the electrical impulses in the heart.

      now it has a backup, just in case it fails to execute an impulse at any time.
      the backup node is called the AV node.

      now let’s get back to shocking someone….

      so.. when something bad happens and both nodes are not firing, or firing at the same time, you get a heart attack, because blood is not flowing…
      now, when we shock someone, we are not restarting their heart. WE ARE KILLING IT.

      That’s right. the point behind shocking the heart, is to stop what the Sinus and AV nodes are doing, (because they are not effectively pumping blood)

      IMPORTANT POINT…. THE SHOCK NEEDS TO PASS THROUGH THE HEART,
      it can’t just touch any part of your body.

      now when the shock is administered, it stops the heart.

      and the idea now is…… the heart’s Sinus Node is supposed to Detect no movement and it’s then supposed to fire off an impulse to get the heart pumping again, while the AV node just let’s the Sinus Node do it’s job.

      that’s how the heart works..

      now to sort of answer your question.

      1. that would need to be a really big collar, because it would need to connect with the Apex and the Sternum in order for the current to pass through the heart

      2. Theoretically, if the shock was “strong enough”.. Yes it would be possible. assuming the shock passed through the heart , but seriously what dog shock collar out there could do that.

      3. i would need to know what Amps, Volts and Watts that collar is outputting

      4. in reality a dog shock collar attached to a person’s neck cannot stop your heart, the shock needs to pass through your. IN SAYING THAT… it cause other damage, depending on the current outputted. don’t try it.

      5. to be a bit realistic about this. theoretically if that were true. dogs would be having heart attacks all over the place, don’t you think.
      the idea behind a dog collar is to invoke pain compliance, so the dog does what you want, the shock does not need to be lethal in order for the dog to comply.

      HOPE THAT ANSWERS EVERYTHING

  66. Bobbi

    can you cry in space?

  67. mason

    Dear Mythbusters
    while I was at my friends house someone accidently dropped some ketchup in the fire and miraculosly it didn’t disolve or burn. I would like to know if this would happen with all ketchup and if they all are flame retardent. the ketchup was Hein’z. I would be extremly happy if you did try this. I am also a huge fan of your work. I like adam the most.

  68. Kimberly Sheridan

    Dear Mythbusters: Is it possible that tempratures inside an 80′s style Cobrahead streetlight can get so hot during sweltering summer nights that you could fry an egg in it? Here in my town sometimes evening tempratures don’t go below 85. With the streetlights taking over from the sun during a heat wave, they don’t go below 92.
    If you’ve done this experiment already, how can I download the segment. If you can fry an egg in a Cobrahead streetlight, it would be a great quiver in my arsenal of arguments about why my city should change all the streetlights to LED. Thank you. Kimberly Sheridan, Charm City Starry Night Project, prolestudio2yahoo.com

    • Kimberly Sheridan

      I’m Kimberly Sheridan of the Charm City Starry Night Project here in Baltimore. I asked whether a 300 watt Cobrahead streetlight could fry an egg in an urban city on hot summer nights. I have not got an answer because of a finger slip on the keyboard. My e-mail is prolestudio@yahoo.com. I apologize for the mistake. I still want to know if that could happen. Could you even, as a few people around here say, cook a CHICKEN? Egg first, chicken later. Thank you for helping me understand more about physics. Kimberly Sheridan

  69. martin kuliza

    Hey Mythbusters, first of all Love the show, got every episode.
    My name is Martin Kuliza, i’m 38 years old, I’m a computer engineer and i’m a telecommunications engineer, However i’m not an electrician, But i do understand how electricity works and CES earthing system’s work, to state the obvious.
    NOTE, I live in Australia, and Common Residential Households use 240 V AC (RMS),10 Amp circuits, for a normal wall socket power point.
    now a bit of background (which you probably already know, but i’m just confirming)
    putting aside, SELV and ELV
    let’s concentrate of LV (Low Voltage) and HV (High voltage) Mains.
    as we commonly see in the street on the Power Poles.
    the way i was taught was that
    LV is defined as being between the range of 46.4 V AC – 1000V AC or 120V DC – 1500V DC
    and HV is defined as being above 1000V AC or above 1500V DC

    now other things that i learnt that are relevant here are….

    1. Electricity will always travel down the shortest path.
    2. Electricity will only do so if it is the path of least resistance
    3. Hypothetically if electricity had a choice of a path that was longer but offered much lower resistance, i was taught that it would take the path of least resistance.

    that being said.

    Before i ask the question, let me be clear that i’m not going to try this at home, so don’t worry (hence why i was asking you guys)
    i was hoping you could perhaps get buster to do this, rigged with a few sensors or something to that effect.

    HERE’S THE MYTH.
    We are assuming that the HV Power Cables are un shielded and uninsulated, they are raw exposed copper cabling hanging from pole to pole.

    Now.. the myth is.. if a person was to hang from that wire with both hands hanging on (let’s say for arguments say the person fell from a tall building and managed to grab the wires as opposed to falling to his/her death)
    Would this person survive or be electrocuted to death.

    Most people here would instantly say. HE WOULD DIE.
    I’ve even been told by the utility company , Integral energy, (their technicians), that what would happen is…. you would not die instantly, you would need to lose your grip and when you feet hit the ground, the electricity would supposedly, ground itself and you would only then, die.

    he also said this is why birds can land on a wire and not die.

    Personally i think that’s a load of crap and it does not make any scientific sense.

    This is what i believe to be true.

    1. It’s the Amps that kill you
    2 you only need about 5-6 milliamps (passing through your heart) to kill you
    3. Our bodies are (Somewhat) a conductor of electricity
    4. if 1000V AC is travelling down a highly conductive copper cable and those electrons passing by the first hand (let’s call it the left hand, for arguments sake), need to make a choice as to whether to travel down into the hand or continue down the cable.
    i believe that because the body offers some element of resistance, and some element of conductivity.
    but the Conductive properties of the body prove to be a poorer conducter when compared to the copper cable.

    Logically, the electricity should continue on the path of least resistance, which also happens to be a straight line, which is also the shortest path. therefore the person would survive.

    i have heard several stories on this.
    i have also heard electricians tell me that the electricity would go down the left hand past your heart and back up to your right hand (just to see what’s down there).
    that same electrician also told me that electricity will always do down the shortest path.

    now.. that doesn’t make sense to me,
    because
    1. to go down the arm is not the shortest path,(hence a direct contradiction to his own statement)
    2. why would the electricity even bother to “see what’s down there”
    it fundamentally comes down to physics … right. it keeps travelling until it finds a better conductor.

    i was also asked by a few people, what if the cable broke.

    Well… obviously, in that case the (Assuming the body was suspended between the 2 ends, 1 hand holding 1 side and the other hand holding the other.
    the body would complete the broken circuit and would offer resistance, but would be more preferable than no conductivity, Hence the person would die.

    i was also told by experts that the power cables could theoretically suspend a 2 tonne vehicle, so a person body would be no problem at all.

    the question is…
    if a person had to grab on HV 1000V AC or higher to save themselves from hitting ground and dying.

    WOULD THEY SURVIVE

    i think they would, and i think even if they did, and it was over a body of water, and then they fell into the water (A short distance below) they would still survive.

    But at the end of the day.
    I THINK THIS WOULD MAKE FOR A GREAT EPISODE, AND YOU GUYS ARE THE GODS OF BUSTING MYTHS.

    So… i really really hope you unpack buster for this one , it would really be cool

    thanks guys

    PS even if you could email me with the answer that would be appreciated.

    Be Cool

  70. alexis

    There are big and powerful things out there but hears my QUESTION.

    What big and powerful thing can go through a brick wall leaving a hole. But what is to cause the MOST destruction in the brick wall?

  71. zach sales

    now as a student I love robots and I was wondering? If grant could come to russel midle school at colorado springs CO. As a mater a fact you should all come.

  72. lily hart

    Dear Adam and Jamie,
    I have a question that I’ve wanted to know for a long time. Do monkeys really love banannas or would they prefer something else?
    P.S. I love your show and I love watching everything blow-up and I’m only 12!!!!!!!!!!!

  73. Dave

    Hello,
    A little late to ask, but was it ever considered to put the Titanic
    passengers on one of the icebergs? Seems like they were
    pretty big and a better place to be than the water. There’s cold and then there’s wet cold. I’ll take cold….Heck, they could have taken some deck chairs and had a fire and not made a dent.
    Thanks Dave

  74. andrew

    Do cockroaches really crawl in your mouth while your sleeping?
    And also the same about spiders, please get the answer back asap because, my girl friend swears we eat them in our sleep
    Thanks, Andrew H

  75. seth

    how does hot water kill germs rather than cold water?please answer me back mythbusters and thank you for your time

    :)

  76. jordan stone

    um me and my dad was just watching your show and it was the episode were you showed that a through away lighter would not explode in a car well me and my dad were sat in his car the other day and the lighter exploded on the car dash and we live in the UK, we had a cheep see through through away lighter the ones from china so will you do a show on that please and get back to me asap

  77. Jason Lang

    My students and I were discussing microwave radiation and I shared with them the story I’ve heard about WWII radar operators standing in front of the radar to warm up – essentially microwaving themselves. They (the soldiers) first thought something was happening because the chocolate in their pockets would melt when working around the radar and took it the next step with their bodies when they were cold. I would love to know if that is myth or fact and I would like to know how microwaves damage your eyes (It would be so cool to “nuke” some eyeballs)! Thanks for the hours and hours of entertainment.

  78. jorge

    does acetone increase mpg

  79. carol chandler

    can you swing on a swing with rockets. then cut the chains off and then start the rockets to fly to outer space?

  80. Rich

    Can you stretch the lower intestines of a human being around the world?

  81. Anastasia

    For the SCIENCE WORLD CONTEST PROTECT THE PLANET 2012, if you didn’t send the form in with your picture… could it still count?. I didn’t know you had to didnt know because it didn’t saw in the magazine. I SENT ONE IN and I put a lot of effort and creativity in it too. CAN IT STILL COUNT? Please let it count. I DID PUT MY NAME ON IT, MY GRADE, MY SCHOOL NAME AND ADDRESS AND that’s it. My teacher know I entered the contest because I sent It from my school..Please let it count!!!!

  82. Amber

    Can a person be snapped in half?

  83. Amy Hopkins

    I would like to know if the beginning scene in the new Batman..”The Dark Knight Rises” is possible. I’m referring to the opening scene where the tail of the small plane is hooked to a larger plane and pulled vertical.

  84. dave

    Vases made in the 1950′s were painted with 24k gold. Called ”weeping gold.” Today, the price of these gold covered items are cheap. The reason is? I hear it has hardly no gold, and someone said it’s a bargain because it has 1/4 oz of gold. Anyway for you myth people to find out? :) Thanks.

  85. Electrician

    Hi.

    My co-worker and i were discusiing if you can put to much pressure
    on the ratching end of a ratchet wrench when tighting and wreck the ratching part of the wrench?

  86. Shawn todd

    Hi there Adam and Jamie I’m a big fan and I have a myth for you
    The movie bait at the end of it one of the people shot a great white shark with a taser can kill a great white with a taser. Thanx kindly shawn

  87. mike

    Mythe: could two jet airliners full of fuel etc. Really bring down the steel towers?

  88. Ismael Guzman

    If your drunk, Can sucking on a PENNY(S) fool the breathalyzer test?

  89. Ismael Guzman

    MYTH: If you’ve had too much to drink and are pulled over by police, sucking on a copper penny will cause a chemical reaction that will fool the breathalyzer, causing it to register negative blood alcohol.

  90. Oran, age 7

    Hi, how many playing cards does it take to stop a speeding bullet?

  91. chad malikowski

    If you launched a bunker buster bomb or some other type of bomb into a tornado would the after shock cause it to fall apart or disapate saving lives and towns from total destruction?

  92. David

    Is it possible to kill a shark with the taser..?

  93. carlie goldy

    If you put a rocket on the back of a car will it go faster?

  94. carlie goldy

    If you swim in pudding wil it make you go slower?

  95. carlie goldy

    If you swim in melted chocolate will you go slower?

  96. charlie

    can cell phones blow up ?

  97. Eric Stevens

    I have a “myth”, or rumor should I say, that I would like proven, whether it be busted or otherwise.
    There are usually 3 “speed” settings on a gas pump handle that one can choose from. Rumor has it that if you have the highest speed, or squeezing the handle all the way down, V.S. having the lowest speed selected, that you get more air into your gas tank than gas. In return, you spend more money for less gas. If one selects the lowest speed available at the same gas pump, one should get more “bang for your buck.” Some gas pumps you go to have the notches shaved off or removed, supposedly because they can get more money out of you this way.
    I would like to see you guys do this. I have always been a big fan. If this is proven to be true….this simple fact could make a major impact on our nation. Thank you for considering.
    Eric Stevens

  98. Ernie Parsley

    Of the two different shapes of lighters, oval and rectangular, which one will hold more weight without being crushed?

  99. Ed shizzle

    What direction would the water in a toilet bowl spin if it was flushed directly over the equator? Also, are you hiring?

  100. Miker Rahming

    So, can pee really be a good exception for water in a radiator…if you run out of water..? I saw it on the first Red Dawn, when Patrick swayze asked one of the boys to piss in the radiator ….so is it possible?.

  101. Leo

    Can you smash or crack a diamond with a hammer made of cast iron

  102. Smokey Sullins

    Moths to a FLAME………. Can the Very bright Blue Light on a Police car at night actually cause a drive to sway toward the BLUE Light…… Some car have very bright blue light for daytime visability….but at night its like haveing bright high beams shining in your eyes…. I have knowtice that while passing by a Poloce car at night it is hard to see…. By having a dimmer on the emergecy light may save lives of Police officer …. Just like dash light go from bright to dim at night or when headlights on… SmokeSullins@aol.com

  103. mike

    ok whats it take 2 land a plane on a river full with ice

  104. Eugene Meyers

    During WW 2 were there any casualties caused from the spent .50 cal casings during straffing missions.

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