Discovery Science Friday

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The material used for making common items including moccasins, electronic-impact drills, and the processes involved. Plus, wooden utensils and transport refrigeration units

A look at how to make Parmesan cheese, and the key to keeping the runways operating at the world's busiest airports. Plus, manufacturing reclining chairs

Official documents shed light on NASA's secret 'plan B', put in place in case the first moon landing failed, and the Cassini mission unravels a 300-year-old mystery

Declassified files detail how three cosmonauts died in mysterious circumstances while re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Plus, a Nasa rover discovers clues that help solve a murder

Declassified files illustrate how two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space faced an agonising death. Plus, close-up images of Pluto reveal a distinctly alien landscape

Creative designer Adam Savage takes on a series of inventive builds and engineering challenges. This time, he makes his own Iron Man armour suit made from titanium

Adam Savage joins forces with a NASA engineer to rebuild a rocket-propelled super weapon, originally built to breach barbed wire in the Second World War

Experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what lies beneath Mount Rushmore, one of North America's most iconic landmarks

Experts use cutting-edge technology to uncover what caused the Nazi Hindenburg aircraft to explode in a giant ball of fire over New Jersey in 1937

Earth's past is marked by one cosmic disaster after another, forging the path of human evolution. Experts explore how close the Earth has come to destruction

Experts explore the most astonishing discoveries of the Voyager spacecraft. They examine how the operation has transformed into the ultimate mission

The mysterious dark matter is thought to be the cosmic glue that holds the universe together, yet the search for it continues to puzzle scientists

A look at ways to weave an authentic Turkish carpet, and how helicopter blade technology is being used to make cross country skis. Plus, the practicalities behind the Niagara Falls

Examining how the street lamps of Venice are cast, and how tiny trees are grown for the ancient Chinese art of penjing

A look at how one of the fastest bikes in the world was created, how pilots train to perform death-defying acrobatics, and how oil and gas is brought up from the bottom of the sea

A look at how New York bagels are hand-rolled, how they make a racing car tyre that will grip the track at 320kph, and how life-like sculptures are created out of glass

A look at how waste is collected in Venice, how Australia's famous sheepskin boots are made, and how pond algae is turned into a health supplement

Examining how rosebuds are turned into Turkish delight, and how sunscreen is made to block out harmful UV light. Plus, how to hammer out a silver spoon

Andy Quitmeyer is stuck on a remote glacier in Alaska, a place almost totally devoid of life and resources, and must hack his tech gear to fight the snow and cold and escape

Andy Quitmeyer heads into California's Death Valley, one of the toughest places to survive on Earth, hoping his tech will keep him alive

Cutting-edge technology is helping experts investigate the Bermuda triangle. Using new techniques, they search for evidence of aliens on the ocean floor

Experts examine the origin of the pyramids in the deserts of Sudan, the ruins of a powerful lost civilisation that once rivalled Egypt

Astronomers have discovered bizarre planets very different to Earth out in the galaxy, but will a planet similar to our own will ever be found

New research is beginning to reveal an invisible scaffold of dark matter known as the Cosmic Web, an intergalactic network that transformed the universe

Cosmic rays that damage human DNA are a serious risk in manned space exploration. Can physicists find the source of the rays and help reduce the danger?

Experts reveal the secrets of Thermopylae, the site of an iconic ancient battle where it is said 300 Spartan warriors lost their lives

Experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal the secrets of the Empire State Building