Physics

Watch nowThe Sound That Circled the Earth27 August 1883 · Sunda Strait, Dutch East IndiesWatch nowThe Night America Nuked the Sky8 Jul 1962, 11 pm Honolulu time · 400 km above Johnston IslandPremieres 17 NovThe Telegraph That Ran on Aurora2 Sep 1859 · Boston–PortlandComing soonApollo 12 Made Its Own Lightning1969 · Kennedy Space Center, FloridaPremieres 22 NovThe Magician Who Trolled MarconiJune 1903 · Royal Institution, London (and Poldhu / Porthcurno, Cornwall)

Coming up

• 92% of Usain Bolt's Effort Went Into the Air 16 Aug 2009 · Olympiastadion, Berlin (analysis 2013 · UNAM, Mexico City)
• A Brazilian on a Bolivian Mountain Caught a New Particle 1947 · Mount Chacaltaya, Bolivia, and Bristol, England
• A Mountaintop Rainbow Built the Particle Detector 1894 · Ben Nevis, Scotland
• A Ship's Doctor Saw Energy in Sailors' Blood 1840 · Java, Dutch East Indies
• A Teacup of the Coldest Liquid on Earth 10 July 1908 · Leiden, Netherlands
• Air Conditioning Was Invented for Paper, Not People 17 July 1902 · Brooklyn, New York
• An 84-Year-Old Proved the Curveball Really Curves 29 Mar 1959 · National Bureau of Standards, Washington DC
• Ancient Olympians Jumped Further Holding Weights c. 6th century BC-4th century AD · Olympia, Greece (tested 2002 · Manchester)
• Besieged Paris Got Its Mail by Pigeon Microfilm 1870–1871 · Siege of Paris, France
• Bungee Jumping Was Invented With Vines Traditional, ongoing · Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
• Clap at This Pyramid and It Chirps Back 1990s-2004 · El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico
• Did Joule Take a Thermometer on His Honeymoon? 1847 · Chamonix and the Cascade de Sallanches, French Alps