The Nature of Things 101 Season 2 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Deep-sea anglerfish: survival of the weirdest

Sarika unpacks the nightmarish, fantastical life of the deep-sea anglerfish. Take a deep dive to the ocean’s twilight zone, the mysterious and unexplored region that this incredible fish calls home.

2. Can a human arm-wrestle a chimp and win?

World champion arm wrestler Devon Larratt offers Sarika and Anthony some tips, and with anthropologist Matthew O’Neil, investigate whether a human could beat a chimp one-on-one.

3. How to catch a liar: deception expert explains

A deception expert teaches Anthony and Sarika how to become the ultimate lie detector, while they both try to deceive each other.

4. Not all crabs are crabs

King crabs, hermit crabs, purple crabs, they’re all crabs ... right? Sarika tests Anthony’s crabby knowledge and answers the question, “What exactly is a crab?”

5. How to read clouds, with a professional storm chaser

Even you can predict the weather! Storm chaser George Kourounis helps Anthony and Sarika decipher the clouds, read a storm … and how to look out for invisible tornadoes.

6. Your brain is lying to you

Anthony shows Sarika the incredible ways our brains can deceive us with some of his favourite psychological experiments that expose the brain’s blind spots.

7. You don’t know sh*t about eggs

We use eggs in everything, but we don't really know much about them. Food scientist Abbey Theil offers some egg-cellent science for Anthony and Sarika and make Anthony’s favourite food, mayonnaise.

8. How to cry on command

Crying on command: can it be taught? Sarika and Anthony get a crash course with two professional actors on how to evoke the emotional waterworks.

9. Can you guess an athlete's sport by looking at them?

Play along with Sarika and Anthony as they try to match 6 diverse athletes with their respective sport. Spoiler: It's harder than you think.

10. Science is magic!

Anthony describes how science can be magic and shares his favourite experiments with Sarika that are sure to blow some minds (while trying not to blow her up).