Discovery Science Wednesday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

A look at how everyday items are made, revealing the methods and materials of items including guitar pickups and heated furniture

More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects such as detectable warning panels and model Stirling engines made

Nasa research is used to compile a list of the top six most destructive stars, including 'vampires' that drain their neighbours, supernovas, and white dwarfs that destroy planets

Despite Pluto's appearance as a dark and frozen world, scientists investigate whether there might be warm liquid water beneath the surface

The documentary series investigates dark matter, a mystery that continues to elude scientists today, and one that could be behind the formation of supermassive black holes

Danny Forster visits Singapore while the world's first skypark is being built on top of three skyscrapers. He helps with some of the heaviest construction lifts ever tried

Danny Forster visits Kuwait to meet people behind the construction of the Al Hamra Tower - the world's tallest twisting structure

Rob Nelson heads to California to investigate a network for major fault lines that could set off a mega-quake. Plus, he explores a mysterious sinkhole

Rob Nelson investigates a cluster of ancient ruins in New England that suggest Europeans arrived in the Americas almost 1,000 years before Columbus

A space-walker who lost his vision and was locked outside his craft after a malfunction, and cosmonauts who were engulfed by a fire while still on the launch-pad

A first-hand account of how an emergency procedure was conducted to save a new ISS solar array. Plus, the story of the first Korean astronaut's bumpy ride during re-entry

Astronauts and mission-control staff describe how a power failure on the ISS forced the crew to consider abandoning the station. Plus, a suit malfunction puts a cosmonaut in danger

More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects including Formula F race cars made

More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects including vacuum excavators made?

More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects such as electric boats and fencing foils made?

The Bentley Mulsanne, which was first produced in 1980. The crew heads to its birthplace, revealing the inner workings and gorgeous exterior

An in-depth examination of the origins of the Chevrolet Camaro, which first went on sale in 1966 to compete with Ford's Mustang

The crew visits the birthplace of the Porsche Panamera, revealing the inner workings and gorgeous exterior

Paranormal investigators reveal a bold new theory about the origins of the Wendigo. Are the stories of this terrifying creature with cannibalistic cravings true?

Experts investigate shocking new DNA evidence that links one of the world's most elusive figures, the Yeti, resides in America and comes from an otherworldly source

Phil Torres and Jessica Chobot embark on a mission to find out what is happening on the Island of the Dolls, a dangerous place that locals have long avoided

Jessica Chobot and Phil Torres examine the legend of Mothman by searching for clues in a long-sealed bunker and a top-secret Air Force base

Astronauts and mission-control staff share details of an incident in which a deadly collision punctured the hull of the Mir space station, causing vital oxygen to leak into space

A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew, while a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness

Astronauts detail the events of a classified mission, during which the crew of space shuttle Atlantis discovered fatal damage to heat shields on the underbelly of their ship

New discoveries reveal the hidden meaning behind the world's oldest biblical texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls in Israel

Marine archaeologists reveal the secrets of the sunken town of Baiae, which lies on the seabed of the Bay of Napless