Discovery Science +1 Tuesday
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6:00 AM
Secrets Underground
Searching for treasure in a sunken pirate city
Cutting-edge technology is used to try to reveal the resting place of an infamous pirate city that sank into the sea, and the treasure it may have taken with it
8:00 AM
How It's Made
How aluminium aircrafts are made
Documentary revealing how channel signs are created, wetsuits are manufactured and aluminium aircrafts are made
8:30 AM
How Do They Do It?
Skyline logging
How skyline logging sources Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, how ordinary clay is transformed into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop
9:00 AM
How the Universe Works
How Uranus and Neptune may have influenced life on Earth
How the movement of Uranus and Neptune may have influenced the development of life on Earth
10:00 AM
How the Universe Works
The destructive power of quasars
The documentary turns attention to quasars, and explains the role they likely played in the creation of the universe and, ultimately, how they will contribute to its destruction
11:00 AM
How the Universe Works
Scientists seek to solve the mystery surrounding the Milky Way's slow demise
Scientists try to trace the whereabouts of the Milky Way for the past 13.6 billion years, in an attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding its slow demise
12:00 PM
Savage Builds
Adam Savage builds three motorised vehicles inspired by post-apocalyptic worlds
Using material salvaged from scrap yards, Adam Savage and two colleagues design and build three motorised vehicles inspired by post-apocalyptic worlds
1:00 PM
Savage Builds
Adam attempts to build a version of King Arthur's legendary sword, Excalibur
Adam wants to build his own version of King Arthur's legendary sword, Excalibur. Using the iron found in a meteorite, he attempts to make an indestructible weapon
2:00 PM
Blowing Up History
Exposing the secrets behind the mysterious ruined city in Greece
Exposing the secrets behind the mysterious ruined city in Greece, which gave birth to the mythical stories surrounding the legend of Atlantis
3:00 PM
Blowing Up History
Exposing the secrets behind Attila the Hun
Exposing the secrets behind Attila the Hun, revealing new evidence that can determine if he was responsible for the fall of Roman Empire
4:00 PM
How the Universe Works
The search for alien life on other planets in the galaxy
Astronomy programme exploring phenomena in the universe. This edition focuses on the search for alien life on other planets in the galaxy
5:00 PM
How the Universe Works
Scientists and experts explain the importance of NASA's Juno probe
NASA's Juno probe is unlocking Jupiter's secrets, answering mysteries and gathering data. Scientists and experts explain the importance of this mission
6:00 PM
How the Universe Works
NASA's plans to have manned missions to Mars
A look at NASA's plans to have manned missions to Mars for human exploration on the Red Planet by 2035
7:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at printed dresses
How oranges are turned into marmalade, and a look at how dresses are printed, fit for the catwalk
7:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
How mobile phones are manufactured
Investigating how heavy duty road rollers are built, and revealing how mobile phones are manufactured with the care and precision of a Swiss watch
8:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how thousands of tonnes of grapefruit are picked and processed
A look at how thousands of tonnes of grapefruit are picked and processed, and how conveyor belts that carry millions of pieces of luggage every year are built
8:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
Examining how the world's finest harp strings are made
Examining how the world's finest harp strings are made, how they build roof windows that can keep out a hurricane, and how to make Belgian waffles
9:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
Examining how some farms are run with the help of robots
Examining how some farms are run with the help of robots, how a machine picks up 30 tons of logs in a single grab, and how the world's most valuable pianos are transported
9:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
How towering scaffolds are built from bamboo
How towering scaffolds are built from giant poles of bamboo, and how people mine for the mineral that makes fireworks burn red
10:00 PM
Incredible Engineering Blunders: Fixed
Justin learns the truth about a landslide in Turkey
Justin Cunningham uncovers the truth behind a landslide that destroyed a ski-jump resort in Turkey, then heads to Gibraltar to see an airport runway that was built across a road
11:00 PM
Incredible Engineering Blunders: Fixed
Looking at the science behind a skyscraper melting a car
Justin Cunningham heads to the Walkie Talkie building in London to learn more about the science behind a skyscraper melting a car
12:00 AM
The Explosion Show
Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy meet experts from the FBI's bomb squad
Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy meet experts from the FBI's bomb squad to reveal the forensics and technology required to investigate deadly bomb threats
1:00 AM
The Explosion Show
Recreating black powder blasts from the Civil War
Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy meet experts of the battlefield who recreate black powder blasts from the Civil War and experiment with this deadly explosive
2:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries lead scientists to question if the Big Bang really happened
New discoveries lead scientists to question if the Big Bang really happened, and whether it was the start of many multiverses
3:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries surrounding dark matter and energy
The science of astronomy. This edition explores new discoveries surrounding dark matter and energy
4:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries reveal NASA's Cassini spacecraft's secrets
New discoveries reveal NASA's Cassini spacecraft's secrets, which explored Saturn and its moons until it vaporised in its atmosphere
5:00 AM
Secrets Underground
Rob and Stefan explore a cave rumoured to house 100lb of gold
In California, Rob Nelson and Stefan Burns explore a cave rumoured to house 100lb of gold, stashed away during the Gold Rush