Discovery Science Friday

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A look at how tea, roof finials, artificial flowers and alloy wheels are either made or processed

How gel caps, playground spring riders, frozen pancakes and natural rubber are made

The documentary series investigates dark matter, a mystery that continues to elude scientists today, and one that could be behind the formation of supermassive black holes

Astronomers have discovered bizarre planets very different to Earth out in the galaxy, but will a planet similar to our own will ever be found

The astronomical documentary turns attention to the surprisingly active surfaces of dwarf planets, from the oceans of Pluto to the vanishing volcanos of Ceres

Adam teams up with actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons - the ZF1 multi-artillery gun from sci-fi film The Fifth Element

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

Treasure hunter Darrell Miklos attempts to decode and follow a 'treasure map' created by his boyhood idol, former NASA astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper

Darrell Miklos visits the Atocha, a valuable shipwreck Cooper recorded 50 years ago, and experts send him to an archive in Spain to hunt down an ancient manifest

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

The science of astronomy. This edition explores new discoveries surrounding dark matter and energy

How indy car seats, paper flowers and standby generators are made

A look at how customised knee replacements, leaf springs and lavender oil are made

The development of manufacturing processes behind cast Iron stoves, ultralight aircraft, snow groomers and rubber bands

The manufacture of barber chairs, sewage pumps, Bimini boat tops and diesel filters

The manufacture of car tyres, silk, art conservation and scuba tanks and how the processes have evolved

Investigating how rock crushers, fabric lampshades, cake sprinkles and steam irons are made

Clayton and his team prepare to extract a 20,000lb carnivore fossil from the earth, while Mike hunts for a duckbill skull and Jared uncovers an ancient reptile

Clayton must haul his 20,000-lb dinosaur fossil to a lab for analysis. The Harris-Bolan clan chases poachers off their land and Jared makes a final bid to make money.

After Aron's successful test of his Death Ray, Jack focuses on Tesla's potential murder. The first suspect takes him overseas to Serbia to look for clues

The team travels to Serbia, Tesla's homeland, and discovers unseen documents drawn by Tesla himself. Meanwhile, the Death Ray build moves ahead

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

The science of astronomy. This edition explores new discoveries surrounding dark matter and energy

Rob Nelson heads to California to investigate a network for major fault lines that could set off a mega-quake. Plus, he explores a mysterious sinkhole

Rob Nelson investigates a cluster of ancient ruins in New England that suggest Europeans arrived in the Americas almost 1,000 years before Columbus

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home