Discovery Science Tuesday
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Virgin
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7:00 AM
How Do They Do It?
How to blow the world's finest crystal
How to blow the world's finest crystal, make the slimmest TVs, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup
7:30 AM
How Do They Do It?
An insight into the air-conditioning system at the Sydney Opera House
The complex technological processes involved in cooling the iconic Sydney Opera House. Plus, how Sheffield steel is transformed into a carpenter's handsaw
8:00 AM
How the Universe Works
The moon's incredible, violent, and dynamic history
New scientific discoveries reveal that the moon has an incredible, violent, and dynamic history, which suggests that the moon may be more similar to earth than previously thought
9:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
How astronauts brought something alive back from the moon
Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon and Nasa track an asteroid heading towards Earth only to make a shocking discovery
10:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon and an investigation into whether there is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moons
11:00 AM
Extreme Engineering
The expansion of Mumbai Airport
Danny Forster travels to India to witness the $2billion expansion of Mumbai Airport
12:00 PM
Extreme Engineering
Danny Forster heads to Turkey
Danny Forster heads to Turkey, where one of the tallest and strongest dams ever to be made is being constructed amid the country's most challenging terrain
1:00 PM
Blowing Up History
The construction of the statues of Easter Island
New evidence reveals the construction of the statues of Easter Island, built by one of the world's strangest and most isolated civilizations
2:00 PM
Blowing Up History
The construction of Egypt's Bent Pyramid
The construction of Egypt's Bent Pyramid, one of the world's most mysterious ancient mega-structures
3:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
The mysteries surrounding the sun's supposed 'dark twin'
Experts shed light on the mystery of why two suns seemed to appear in the skies over Indonesia, prompting rumours of the existence of a 'dark twin' of Earth's life-bringing star
4:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
The truth about strange 'alien' deposits found on Earth's surface
Geologists begin to ask questions about 'alien' deposits found on the Earth's surface - and the answer could shed light on the cause of history's greatest extinction event
5:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
A familiar structure on the surface of Mars
A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on the surface of Mars. What made 'Mars Henge'? Plus, how did an Apollo astronaut get sick on the moon?
6:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
The production of diesel engines that can fly and unforgeable bank notes
The complex processes that allow people to build diesel engines that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into unforgeable bank notes, and produce ice-cream
6:30 PM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
How a Morgan Aero Coupe is manufactured
The development of car manufacturing processes, beginning with how a Morgan Aero Coupe is made
7:00 PM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
A look at the Porsche 911
A look at the Porsche 911, and how its manufacturing processes have developed over the years
7:30 PM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
How a Ferrari FF is made
The crew explores the inner workings of a Ferrari FF to find out how it is made
8:00 PM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
The inner workings of an Audi R8
The crew explores the inner workings of an Audi R8 to find out how it is made
8:30 PM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
A Rolls-Royce Phantom
How a Rolls-Royce Phantom is made. This programme visits its birthplace and explores its inner workings, as well as its gorgeous exterior
9:00 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
10:00 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
11:00 PM
You Have Been Warned
Video clips of algae-powered motorcycles and human-sized chickens
A look at some of the most mind-blowing footage experts have seen - including see-through animals, algae-powered motorcycles and human-sized chickens
12:00 AM
You Have Been Warned
Video clips of amazing acts
A showcase of Mother Nature's most amazing moments. Features a man eaten alive by leaches and another who pulls a car with his eye sockets. But which is the wackiest?
1:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
The mysteries surrounding images of unusual flying objects captured by Nasa's cameras
Interviews with astronauts and scientists shed light on the many mysterious flying objects that have been caught on Nasa's cameras, and explore the idea of extraterrestrial life
2:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
A startling image taken by a Nasa probe points to evidence of life on Mars
An account of how a malfunction on the ISS threatens to poison the crew with a deadly gas, and a startling image taken by a Nasa probe points to evidence of life on Mars
3:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Scientists discuss baffling temperature readings from Jupiter
Scientists explain why hotter than expected temperatures of Jupiter have left them baffled. Plus, detectives asks Nasa for help in solving a murder cold case
4:00 AM
Secrets Underground
The mysterious disappearance of ships on Lake Michigan
Rob Nelson heads to Lake Michigan to investigate an unexplained Bermuda Triangle-like phenomenon that has caused ships to disappear for centuries
5:00 AM
Secrets Underground
A legendary train filled with stolen Nazi gold said to be hidden in Poland
A legendary train filled with stolen Nazi gold is said to be hidden in Poland. Rob and Stefan explore deep under the earth's surface to uncover the truth