Episode 1
Fear of Flying
2015-08-23 • 3 min
Who is scared of flying? Our very Professor Moustache is here to explain to you just how safe it is.
TV season
2015-08-23
Episode 1
2015-08-23 • 3 min
Who is scared of flying? Our very Professor Moustache is here to explain to you just how safe it is.
Episode 2
2015-08-23 • 3 min
Guitou the Microbe asks why he is always unfairly expulsed from the human body. Professor Moustache explains that this is due to the army of bouncers that protect it: the immune system.
Episode 3
2015-08-23 • 3 min
Would it theoretically be possible to shrink people, like in the 1989 film, Honey I Shrunk the Kids? Professor Moustache highlights a few problems with this scenario.
Episode 4
2015-08-23 • 3 min
Professor Moustache investigates whether we will see exciting lightsabre duels in the future, just like in the hit film Star Wars.
Episode 5
2015-08-23 • 3 min
An animated series tackling scientific questions with rigour and a touch of humour. In this episode: Could you survive if you jumped off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge?
Episode 6
2016-01-11 • 3 min
Do we really swallow spiders and other insects in our sleep? Professor Moustache tells us the truth about the urban legend.
Episode 7
2016-01-12 • 3 min
Grichka Bogdanov thinks his brother is better looking so wants to replace his head with his sibling’s. Could a head transplant actually work? Professor Moustache gives us the answer.
Episode 8
2016-01-13 • 3 min
It would be really cool to become invisible like Frodo in The Lord of the Rings. Professor Moustache explains if it is theoretically possible.
Episode 9
2016-01-14 • 3 min
Why do so many girls adore ponies? Professor Moustache offers an unusual perspective: after learning surprising facts about the horse's esophageal sphincter, they might never look at the animal quite the same way again.
Episode 10
2016-01-15 • 3 min
Can you explain the Higgs-Boson particle? Professor Moustache gives it his best shot with refrerence to Lord of the Rings.
Episode 11
2016-01-18 • 3 min
Being cryogenically frozen is a process of preserving a body after death in nitrogen in the hope of bringing it back to life later. Could this ever be a reality? Professor Moustache is on the case.
Episode 12
2016-01-19 • 3 min
We know that spiders see differently to us because we’ve all watched the Spider Man films. But what about other animals? Professor Moustache is here to explain animal vision to us.
Episode 13
2016-01-20 • 3 min
Wendy from Texas wants to buy a firearm to protect her chickens. Is this a good idea? Operating guns looks easy in the movies but, as Professor Moustache explains, it’s not the same in real life.
Episode 14
2016-01-25 • 3 min
An animated series tackling scientific questions with rigour and a touch of anarchic humour. In this episode Professor Moustache gives us a chemistry class explaining how nuclear power stations work and how they can go terribly wrong.
Episode 15
2016-01-26 • 3 min
The history of science is not just comprised of great minds making amazing breakthroughs. There were also idiotic scientists doing crazy experiments. Professor Moustache gives us some examples.
Episode 16
2016-01-27 • 3 min
It’s cocktail time and time for a little drink. But why does consuming alcohol feel great after the first drink and not so great the morning after? Professor Moustache is here to explain why we get hangovers.
Episode 17
2016-02-01 • 3 min
Ryan dreams of a lift to take his wife to outer space for their honeymoon. Professor Moustache investigates whether a space lift would theoretically be possible.
Episode 18
2016-02-02 • 3 min
In science fiction films astronauts always seem to hibernate for long journeys to far off galaxies. But how could this space hibernation work? Professor Moustache tries through the physics.
Episode 19
2016-02-03 • 3 min
Why do dying patients sometimes see light at the end of a long tunnel, and an overwhelming sense of peace? What are the medical reasons for it?
Episode 20
2016-02-08 • 3 min
Stop believing that a gunshot wound is like in the movies! Professor Mustache and Nathanaël prove that a real gunshot wound is very different and far more dangerous, not least because bullets are basically filthy.
Episode 21
2016-02-09 • 3 min
Did you have a stupid and incoherent dream again last night? It's normal. Prof Mustache takes stock of the latest scientific hypotheses on the subject. Remember, you are not crazy. But your brain is working non-stop.
Episode 22
2016-02-10 • 3 min
Slumped on the sofa, speaking slowly... why are teenagers so pathetic, asks one frazzled mother. Professor Mustache has the answer: being a teenager is a physically as well as mentally taxing time in a person's life.
Episode 23
2016-02-15 • 3 min
When will robots overtake people? Professor Mustache visits robotics specialists to find out.
Episode 24
2016-02-16 • 3 min
Does it bother you to know that there are a myriad of dust mites in your bed? Professor Mustache talks us through all the bugs that live, eat, and die on your skin.
Episode 25
2016-02-17 • 3 min
Do you think that by doing two push-ups a day you will lose weight? As Professor Mustache explains, it's way more complicated than that.
Episode 26
2016-02-22 • 3 min
Can your love life be more animalistic? But which animal exactly? Choose carefully... Welcome to another mad escapade with the irreverent Professor Mustache.
Episode 27
2016-02-23 • 3 min
Can humans confuse dog food with real food meant for people, such as rillettes? If you're a dog, then no chance. But if you're a human? Unfortunately, there's a chance...
Episode 28
2016-02-24 • 3 min
Researchers dedicate their lives to research. Professor Mustache highlights the scientific contributions of some overzealous researchers, some of whom have quite literally sacrificed their skin in the name of science.
Episode 29
2016-02-25 • 3 min
Dinosaurs weren't big naked lizards. Professor Mustache explains that they had feathers. You know, like a cute, huge, killer Easter chick. Cheep cheep!
Episode 30
2016-02-26 • 3 min
Professor Mustache demystifies science through weird, funny ancedotes. Here, he takes a look at human sexuality. Why don't humans make love like bonobos?