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Wednesday, December 26, 8-9 pm ET
WIRED SCIENCE investigates an expedition's hopes of discovering new life forms in the Arctic Ocean; turning cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; the WIRED Living Home; the perfect site for radio astronomers searching for life on other planets; how Hollywood is cracking the code to create “perfect water” on screen; and what's inside a cold remedy.
Program segments subject to change.
A Woods Hole Institute expedition travels to the the Gakkel
Ridge in the Arctic Ocean to deploy autonomous undersea vehicles in
hopes of discovering new life forms; chemistry teacher Chris
Schrempp turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Chris
Hardwick and Kamala Lopez tour the WIRED Living Home;
Ziya Tong explores the area in West Virginia known as "the quiet
zone" and learns why this is the perfect site for radio astronomers
searching for life on other planets; Adam Rogers goes behind the
scenes to show how Hollywood is cracking the code to create
"perfect water" on screen; and Rainn Wilson joins Chris Hardwick to
explore what's inside a popular product that relieves symptoms of
the common cold.
Program segments subject to change.
