Discovery Science Tuesday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

The development processed behind the creation of carbon fibre, railcar movers and hood ornaments. Plus, the techniques used in antique frame restoration

More everyday items are put under the microscope, this time examining how sawhorses and toolboxes, sorbet pops and school buses are made

Scientists try to trace the whereabouts of the Milky Way for the past 13.6 billion years, in an attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding its slow demise

An insight into the technology used by scientists to prevent asteroids hitting Earth, an occurrence once thought to be an inevitable disaster

The science of astronomy, exploring phenomena including black holes and neutron stars, and how powerful celestial forces shape human life

Justin Cunningham climbs on top of a stadium roof that is held up by air and in danger of collapse, while Jimena Gascon discovers why Mexico City's Metro project has been derailed

Justin Cunningham uncovers the truth behind a landslide that destroyed a ski-jump resort in Turkey, then heads to Gibraltar to see an airport runway that was built across a road

Darrell Miklos searches for another shipwreck, and with just eight weeks of funds left, he needs to find a different shipwreck that he can salvage

After discovering a 1700s-era cannon, Darrell seeks the ship's origin. Meanwhile, a letter in Gordon's files details a 16th-century wreck connected to Sir Francis Drake

Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe

Series exploring the secrets of the universe. This time, experts investigate the last stars of the cosmos and what a stellar apocalypse means for Earth

Scientists examine a huge black hole that lies at the heart of the galaxy, 26,000 lightyears away

The manufacturing processes behind the production of life casts, cooker hoods, compression hosiery and electric motorcycles

Revealing how items such as sidecars, frozen French toast, refrigerator compressors and superchargers are made

The development and production of custom knee braces, ductless air conditioners, window film and motorcycle exhaust systems

The manufacturing processes behind the production of solid state drives, eye shadow, limousines and dead blow hammers

The documentary exploring manufacturing processes concludes with a look at how dragster tyres, icing, floating docks and spiral pipes are made

More everyday items are put under the microscope as the programme reveals how motion sensors and diving helmets are made

Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of daring experiments on one of the world's most dangerous and explosive substances: Nitroglycerin

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

A countdown of the craziest videos of unbelievable inventions and creations on the web. A double sunset? Tattoos that play sound? Only science can explain

The smartest and bravest people use science to take their skills to the next level, from using trees as dominos to cutting through walls with a fire hose

Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe