Mark Ritts

Science is cool when explained by offbeat teacher Prof. Beakman, who turns to assistants Josie and Lester (an honest-to-goodness lab rat) to answer questions sent in by viewers. This season finds Beakman delving into fun facts about the "funny bone."

Beakman explains the difference between frogs and toads and describes how plastics are made.

Beakman explains what causes allergies and covers the history of codes.

Beakman answers questions about lobsters, crabs and Swiss scientist Daniel Bernoulli.