''Outrageous Acts of Science'' is a science program shown on Science Channel in the U.S., featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 internet videos in each episode. The series first aired in the UK on Discovery International with the title ''You Have Been Warned''. The program features homemade science experiments and

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s, often accompanied by warnings of "don't try this at home" when doing so might endanger the viewer. For the U.S. TV network, it was the top-rated show of 2015. Each episode focuses on a particular science theme that features the cleverest, funniest, most daring, or just downright bizarre clips, along with an explanation and breakdown from science and engineering experts, including Hakeem Oluseyi,

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Carin Bondar Carin Bondar (born 20 May 1975) is a Canadian biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality. She is a host of ''Outrageous Acts of Science'', ''Stephen Hawking's Brave New World'', and ''Worlds Oddest Animal Couples''. Personal ...

and also-comedians Helen Arney,

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, Adam Ruben, and Tom Wrigglesworth, among others. The expert panel's explanations are accompanied with storytelling motion graphics and an explanation of what, how and why these clips were scientifically possible. ''Outrageous Acts of Science'' is narrated by Tim Dadabo, while

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voices ''You Have Been Warned'' for Europe. In mid 2017, the last ten episodes of season seven aired on

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as ''Dr. Karl's Outrageous Acts of Science'', hosted by Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, with commentary by other Australians not seen in other versions of the show. The first two seasons of ''You Have Been Warned'' are shown in Asia as well, with the third season of ''Outrageous Acts'' also airing there under the ''You Have Been Warned'' banner and intro. Two separate Asian versions were also created. In the first, titled ''You Have Been Warned with Ean Nasrun'', Malaysian radio announcer and TV personality

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voices and appears on-screen in a separate version that aired on

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, along with some commentators' clips replaced by those featuring scientists from Malaysia. A second independent version, ''You Have Been Warned Asia'', is also produced by

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for

, hosted by five Filipinos, actor/comedian Ramon Bautista; director and performer

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; comedic performer Jun Sabayton; musician, TV presenter, and political commentator

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; and actress, TV presenter, and motoring journalist Angel Rivero. The hosts provide the science behind the clips themselves rather than relying in a separate commentator panel in an edgier, more comedic take on the series. The series is produced b
October Films UK
Now in its tenth season, new episodes began airing in the U.S. on 17 October 2018. The first four episodes of season six were compilations of previous clips. A one-season

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called '' Outrageous Acts of Psych'' aired in the U.S. in 2015.

Experts

Episodes

U.S. airdates and selected clip examples from each episode.

Season 1

# Homemade Heroes - April 20, 2013 # Human Guinea Pigs - April 27, 2013 # Natural Born Thrillers - May 4, 2013 # Epic Stunts - May 11, 2013 # Power Junkies - May 18, 2013 # Dukes of Havoc - May 25, 2013

Season 2

# Kings of Carnage - February 15, 2014 -Destruction in the name of science, including using an MRI machine to destroy objects. # Show Offs - February 22, 2014 - Skills including tightrope walking between two trucks, a walrus that whistles, and a needle thrown through glass but not shattering it. # Daredevils - March 1, 2014 -

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stunts, including "surfing" on a

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, a dog walking on a tightrope, a motocross on water, " brain freeze", a backflipping car, jumping onto a cactus, and a skydiver walking from plane to plane. # Zeros to Heroes - March 8, 2014 - A Mexican firework hammer, freezing a tongue to a

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, and an easily scared man. # When Nature Calls - March 15, 2014 - A gorilla that walks like a person, clouds formed indoors,

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glacier runoff, a wrong way to feed a

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, and a man that gets dangerously close to volcanoes. # Human Lab Rats - March 29, 2014 - Self-experimentation, including

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, a

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larva in a person's scalp, and a helicopter powered by a person. # The People's Vote - April 5, 2014 - The best of the first 12 episodes. # Masters of the Universe - April 12, 2014 - Vertical driving, a high-speed hammock, a man without a fear of heights,

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maneuvers, and a supersonic ping pong ball. # Freaks of Nature - April 19, 2014 - Featuring a

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