Phil shows off several new materials that scientists and engineers have created. He mentions that they are created both for fun and for practical applications. He describes several new materials, such as a thermochromic mug and nitonol wire, and demonstrates how they work.

This video from How It's Made describes cement and explains the process of creating the composite material.

The Fantastic Four are battling Dr. Doom, who has turned into an organic metal capable of absorbing and manipulating electrical energy. They win the battle by exposing him to excessive heat and then cooling him down rapidly with water, turning him into a solid piece of metal.

Lester is challenged to use only a piece of string to pick up a piece of ice without touching it. USing salt, he sprinkles it on the ice and wets the string and sits it on the ice. After about 2 minutes, the string is now frozen to the ice and it can be picked up. This is because salt lowered the freezing point of water and now the water on the string can freeze to the ice cube.

Elsa unintentionally reveals her ice powers when Anna takes off one of her gloves. She runs away from the townspeople after a series of accidents so as not to cause more harm and lose more of the trust of her fellow townspeople.