Is Obama's appearance on hit TV science show MythBusters a bid to curb waning popularity?
President Barack Obama is set to appear on television science show MythBusters.
The hit programme, which has around 13million viewers a week, uses mode scientific methods to confirm or refute historic claims often widely accepted as true.
President Obama will challenge hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to revisit the controversial claim that ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes set fire to a fleet of invading Roman ships by using mirrors that reflect the sun's rays.
Impressed: President Obama looks at a solar car designed by Mikayla Nelson of Billings, Montana
President Obama's episode, Archimedes Solar Ray, will be broadcast on December 8 on the Discovery Channel.
The presenters will try to replicate the attack on the ships.
Obama's appearance is part of a White House effort to highlight the importance of science education and he made the announcement as part of the White House Science Fair.
Special guests: MythBusters hosts Jamie Hyneman, left, and Adam Savage, speak to reporters outside the White House
It is also part of a TV campaign that has seen him guesting on several more unlikely shows, in recent weeks.
The President, 49, appeared on MTV last week and was interviewed on the daytime talk show The View in July.
He has also appeared on late-night talk shows.
A White House spokesperson said of the show: 'It uses science to determine the truth behind urban legends.'
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