The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed). On March 16, 2011, Discovery Channel announced that the 2011 season would commence airing on April 6, 2011.
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The Build Team investigated the ability of everyday objects to reduce the likelihood of injury or death from an explosion. They began by detonating a charge of C-4, with rupture disks at various distances set to burst at (injury) and (instant death). Distances of were found to be the thresholds of the death and injury zones, respectively, due to the blast shock wave.
For each object tested, they placed it at 10 and 20 feet, with rupture disks and a foam-cutout figure (to gauge shrapnel injuries) protected by it. They evaluated the question of surviving the shock wave by taking cover behind...
Adam and Jamie compared movie sound effects to their real-world counterparts by recording samples of both. They looked into the realistic nature of...
A twist on "Spy Car Escape", with the focus on offensive rather than defensive methods to disable an enemy car. Adam and Jamie tested the use of...
Adam and Jamie tested three impromptu remedies for a flat tire in the wilderness, without a spare being available. At a 2-mile off-road hazard course, they set up a typical highway vehicle and cut into one tire. They tried to drive using...
Next they investigated ways to remedy a flat tire in an urban setting, setting up a road obstacle course. They tested...
A countdown of the cast's 12 favorite myths involving forms of transportation.
Starting this episode, the theme music is "rearranged and performed" by The Dandy Warhols.
Adam and Jamie investigated three viral videos involving excavators. They tested the machine's ability to...
The Build Team tested viewersâ claims concerning the toughness of spray-on truck bedliner resin. They investigated its ability to withstand...
A countdown of the cast's 12 favourite locations for testing myths, with an emphasis on one myth that was tested at the location.
A countdown of the cast's 12 favorite myths involving water.
Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team test four myths chosen at random from viewer submissions.
Adam and Jamie tested the myths that when people were presented with the Monty Hall problem, they would...
Adam and Jamie examined the effectiveness of handgun firing stances often used in movies to find out if they allow a handgun user to shoot faster and more accurately than the standard two-handed stance. They set up targets at and each took a turn firing 8 rounds from a .45 caliber pistol (16 rounds for the two-gun trials), evaluating their performance on a combination of speed and accuracy. The techniques they tested were...
There was one more technique tested in the 2012 season that proved more effective than the control.
This myth was cut from the broadcast episode, but is shown on the version uploaded to the Banijay Science Youtube Channel.