Discovery Science Monday

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The carving of extended skateboards known as a longboards. Plus, how lemons are turned into juice, and the manufacture of industry's versatile heavy lifter, the forklift truck

How the coffee that wakes up Italy is roasted. Plus, the manufacture of the bricks and oil that fills lava lamps, and how diamonds are blasted from a frozen volcano

Once there was life on Mars - but scientists believe a series of devastating mass extinctions transformed a watery planet into a desert

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 recovery teams prepare for emergencies as a storm warning is in effect for Fairbanks, making driving on the roads even more dangerous

Although warm weather has arrived in Fairbanks, the recovery team knows that a rise in temperature does not guarantee safety on the roads

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

Experts use cutting-edge technology to explore why the Egyptians built pyramids, looking closely at the Step Pyramid of Djoser

Astronomers detect a potentially habitable planet that appears to be remarkably close to Earth, and a chance discovery at Nasa unveils a top secret military space program

An account of how cosmonauts fought for their lives trapped inside a capsule in a frozen lake. Plus, NASA astronomers are spooked when the full moon affects their experiments

A starling discovery suggests the toxic clouds of Venus could be the origin of life on Earth. Plus, an insight into theories that Earth once had two moons

Manufacturing techniques behind the groovy vinyl LP and the world's most crashed car - the dodgem. Plus, how one of the world's oldest pain remedies, tiger balm, is created

A look at how the axe was first forged. The programme also observes a messenger bag get cut, sew, stitched and glued together and reveals how the fastest lifeboats are built

How to churn out Wensleydale cheese, turn pig hair into the world's finest paintbrushes, and distil aromatic oils from eucalyptus

How it is possible to build the 700 horsepower Tesla Model S, turn horses' tails into fine fabrics, and clean the largest swimming pools in the world

How France's appetite for snails is sated, how slabs of steel are turned into shiny cutlery, and how to craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet

How to build emergency bridges that can take the weight of a tank, make a marker pen that never fades, and design a 200mph superbike

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

Experts investigate the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle crash that nearly killed astronaut Neil Armstrong during his training

An account of how cosmonauts fought for their lives trapped inside a capsule in a frozen lake. Plus, NASA astronomers are spooked when the full moon affects their experiments

A starling discovery suggests the toxic clouds of Venus could be the origin of life on Earth. Plus, an insight into theories that Earth once had two moons

We live under a billion unblinking eyes a global surveillance system that solves crime and uncovers terrorist plots. But are we ready for a world without secrets?

Scientists look inside the mechanisms of ageing and imagine a world where death is cured like a disease, asking whether we are about to enter a new age of immortality

Every 17 minutes, someone is killed with a gun. It's a wave of violence that political debate can't seem to stop. Is this an epidemic that scientists can cure?

A look at the destruction of the town of Herculaneum by the same eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii in 79 AD

New discoveries reveal who the Roman Empire were trying to keep out with the 72-mile-long Hadrian's Wall

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