Discovery Science Sunday

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Some think the waving US flag on the moon proves that Nasa faked the lunar landing, and experts' quest for the truth leads to some of Hollywood's biggest names

Cutting-edge forensic technology reveals the secrets behind the 'Iceman', the world's oldest and most perfectly preserved mummy

Experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal the secrets of Emperor Nero's palace built in the heart of Rome

How wooden matches, tillage machines, telescopic gangways, and mabe pearls are made. Plus, how those techniques have been improved over time

How mosquito coils, solar-assist tricycles, palm oil, and fibreglass chopper guns are made, and how manufacturing techniques have been improved over the years

Find out how wood toys, retro toasters, laboratory furnaces, and aerogels are made

How combination squares, ball valves, and string trimmers are made. Plus, how shrimp are cultivated on a farm

A look at the development of the finest oyster knives, and the lights transforming sport worldwide. Plus, how diamonds grown in a greenhouse are behind a gemstone revolution

A look at the process behind the making of cheddar, widely considered the world's most popular cheese. Plus, the mechanisms inside Resusci Anne - the learning aid used to teach CPR

The design and manufacture of the Transit, Ford's ubiquitous white van, and the full-length, all-weather riding coats produced by Driza-Bone

A look at how wood-burning stoves work, and how the development of the synthesiser helped change music for ever

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

NASA and SpaceX launch the first crewed mission from US soil in almost ten years, and this programme offers behind the scenes coverage of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule water landing

How wooden matches, tillage machines, telescopic gangways, and mabe pearls are made. Plus, how those techniques have been improved over time

How mosquito coils, solar-assist tricycles, palm oil, and fibreglass chopper guns are made, and how manufacturing techniques have been improved over the years

Find out how wood toys, retro toasters, laboratory furnaces, and aerogels are made

How combination squares, ball valves, and string trimmers are made. Plus, how shrimp are cultivated on a farm

From a miraculous pyramid in Central America to ancient Greek myths, Josh shares the mysteries of the most awesome places on Earth

Josh Gates explores places where legends never die in Romania, Japan and Germany. They include the castle that inspired the home of an iconic vampire.

Josh investigates a Japanese ice cave and a remote island where cats outnumber humans

Josh Gates explores a millionaire's disappearance in Malaysia, an ancient city's collapse in Cambodia and a celebration of death in Bolivia

The men who made America an economic superpower, beginning with the battle between John D Rockefeller and Thomas Scott for control of America's new oil industry

A look at how Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla built systems that would dramatically change life by bringing light and power to the world

Documentary exploring conspiracy theories concerning the 1969 moon landing, and questioning if it could have been faked for propaganda purposes

Conspiracy theories concerning the 1969 moon landing. This time, experts investigate if the Nazis were involved in the Apollo space programme

Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon and Nasa track an asteroid heading towards Earth only to make a shocking discovery

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

A look at the development of the finest oyster knives, and the lights transforming sport worldwide. Plus, how diamonds grown in a greenhouse are behind a gemstone revolution

A look at the process behind the making of cheddar, widely considered the world's most popular cheese. Plus, the mechanisms inside Resusci Anne - the learning aid used to teach CPR

The design and manufacture of the Transit, Ford's ubiquitous white van, and the full-length, all-weather riding coats produced by Driza-Bone

A look at how wood-burning stoves work, and how the development of the synthesiser helped change music for ever