Divers Niki and Jaq use a high-speed camera to explore how their body positions reduce splash and improves their performance. Avid ski jumpers Karl, Garrett and Johnny use GPS technology to examine the differences between modern and “old school” jumping styles. Andy is a project scientist at the MIT Center for Space Research. His current project is to study how humans adapt to the topsy-turvy, zero-gravity atmosphere of long space flights.

Originally released by Big Media Holdings LLC, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 10, 2017.

Splash (2:38); --Splash: Evaluation (5:08); -- Science Is It (2:06); -- Ridin' on Air (8:22); -- Riddle Answer (1:20); -- Credits: Human Body (0:40);.