 Scientific reality-TV! Two physicists, a botanist, a biologist, and a chemist are taken to a remote Mediterranean island and set a series of challenges to test their ingenuity and lateral thinking. Removed from their laboratories full of high-tech instruments and extensive supplies, they must rely on their collective knowledge, ingenuity and cooperation to accomplish their goals. They are given three days to complete their tasks and, with the exception of a rudimentary tool kit, must use only indigenous materials, the natural resources of the island, to do so. The series shows the underlying principles that the scientists draw from in order to solve the challenges. These include making anti-bacterial cream, soap, toothpaste, insect repellent, and sun-tan lotion, making paper and ink, distilling salt water, making light-sensitive film for a home-made camera and building a radio, building a weather station and predicting the weather, charting the island and drawing an accurate scale map, and even making fireworks!