Discovery Science Wednesday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are objects including raw pet food and replica police lanterns made?

More everyday items go under the microscope, with this edition explaining how objects including calissons and diving watercrafts are made

How as the Soviet Union unveiled its own space shuttle, the CIA hatched a revenge plot. Plus, a missing nuclear weapon that could threaten a Nasa base in the Arctic

A Nasa spacecraft suffers a malfunction in orbit - can its lone astronaut make it back to Earth? Plus, new evidence emerges over Yuri Gagarin's mysterious death

Chuck Zukowski searches for definitive proof of extraterrestrial life. In the first episode, he investigates a series of UFOs sightings in Missouri

The presenter explores some of the world's biggest structures, machines and vessels. In the first episode, he explores Volkswagen's car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany

Richard takes flight aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane, the C-5M Super Galaxy

Rob Nelson investigates subterranean secrets from around the world, beginning with mysterious rocks at the bottom of Lake Michigan known as Underwater Stonehenge

Rob Nelson investigates mysterious tunnels under Denver's airport, then heads to Ohio to uncover the secrets of a giant serpent-shaped mound

The series exploring the science of astronomy returns, beginning with a look at the mysterious 'ninth' planet reported to exist on the very edge of the Solar System

The astronomical documentary continues, exploring the most violent and dangerous places in the universe, including exploding stars, colliding galaxies and nebula shockwaves

The documentary explains why new research may have found the answer to why supermassive black holes are able to grow to star-devouring, galaxy-shaping proportions

Developments in the manufacture of patterned glass panels and road cases, and how stop-frame animated films are made

Developments in the production of industrial wire ropes, living walls and large-format cameras

Developments in the manufacture of chocolate coins, pedal cars and latex swords

Developments in the manufacture of motorcycle jackets, shovels and spades, and the production of farmed caviar

Developments in the manufacture of wax figures, awnings, cream crackers and pewter tankards

Developments in the manufacture of pipe cleaners, blue Stilton cheese, smart electric meters and telescopes

Experts discuss theories related to the world's most famous cryptid, Bigfoot. Recently uncovered evidence unveils a creature far fiercer than previously believed

Experts explore a new theory surrounding Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. The creature may not only be real, but possibly more dangerous than ever imagined

Experts examine whether an interdimensional portal in the Alaska Triangle led to the disappearance of an aeroplane carrying 44 military personnel in 1950

Bigfoot hunters investigate whether a huge, ape-like beast is responsible for a string of disappearances and mutilations in the Alaskan wilderness

The series exploring the science of astronomy returns, beginning with a look at the mysterious 'ninth' planet reported to exist on the very edge of the Solar System

The astronomical documentary continues, exploring the most violent and dangerous places in the universe, including exploding stars, colliding galaxies and nebula shockwaves

The documentary explains why new research may have found the answer to why supermassive black holes are able to grow to star-devouring, galaxy-shaping proportions

Uncovering the secrets of the sinking of the Titanic, revealing new discoveries that could explain the mysteries of her last moments

Archaeologists examine what lies beneath China's Forbidden City, and explore the dark secrets that have been buried for nearly 600 years