Discovery Science Sunday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

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

The infamous gunfight at the OK Corral only lasted 30 seconds. Now, experts use cutting-edge technology to uncover the mystery surrounding the event

The Tower of Babel is one of the most famous stories of the Bible. Archaeologists use new technology to uncover how engineers could have built it

The manufacturing processes behind the creation of Montreal smoked meats and motorised scooters are detailed

Another selection of everyday items are deconstructed, including cactus pear puree and lab reactors

The manufacturing processes behind the creation of commonplace items such as digital paintings and badminton rackets are detailed

More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production processes. This time, the programme examines how dumplings and brass faucets are made

A look at how English willow is turned into cricket bats for India's finest cricketers. Plus, how the foundations for tall buildings are constructed

Building a tractor every three minutes to power Indian agriculture, and casting the bronze bells that help Swiss farmers keep track of their cows

Collecting millions of real birds' nests to make birds' nest soup. Plus, how aerospace technology is used to make rowers go faster

Quadrupling the power of the world's biggest engines with the world's most powerful turbochargers, and building new roads from old waste plastic

Adam stages an epic food fight with his Mythbusters friend, Tory Belleci, and the pair build a rapid-fire weapon that shoots out hot dogs

Adam teams up with Lord of the Rings filmmaker, Peter Jackson, to restore a deadly fleet of fighter planes. They stage a high-flying dogfight straight out of the Second World War

New discoveries surrounding interstellar space, the space between the universe's stars, which reveal it may not be as desolate as previous thought

New discoveries lead scientists to question if the Big Bang really happened, and whether it was the start of many multiverses

More everyday items go under the microscope, focusing on objects including bamboo ceramic lights and asphalt compactors

More everyday items go under the microscope as the manufacture of objects including asphalt pavers and basque espadrilles are analysed

The documentary exploring the manufacturing processes behind everyday objects returns, turning attention to leather basketballs, wood panel canvases and shoelaces

More everyday items are placed under the microscope, as the manufacturing processes behind the production of Asian bowls and walking canes are detailed

Jeremy Wade investigates if one of the Bermuda Triangle's most infamous disappearances was part of a conspiracy by a secret agent at war with the US

Jeremy explores a 140-year-old wreck that has been perfectly preserved at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Plus, the dark secret buried inside a toxic Nazi submarine

A team of experts investigates Harry Houdini's illusions, revealing the secrets behind his death-defying torture escape stunt

A team of experts recreates the famed bullet catch trick to uncover how Houdini could have accomplished it

Astronauts and mission control staff share tales of disaster in space, beginning with accounts of a life-threatening fire on board the Russia's Mir space station

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

Astronauts evacuate when a strange mystery object is spotted hurtling through space toward the ISS. Plus, a secret agent tries to recover missing moon rocks

Did Apollo astronauts hear unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon? Plus, an astronomer spots a strange disturbance in Martian atmosphere

A look at how English willow is turned into cricket bats for India's finest cricketers. Plus, how the foundations for tall buildings are constructed

Building a tractor every three minutes to power Indian agriculture, and casting the bronze bells that help Swiss farmers keep track of their cows

Collecting millions of real birds' nests to make birds' nest soup. Plus, how aerospace technology is used to make rowers go faster

Quadrupling the power of the world's biggest engines with the world's most powerful turbochargers, and building new roads from old waste plastic