Discovery Science Tuesday

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Documentary revealing how channel signs are created, wetsuits are manufactured and aluminium aircrafts are made

How skyline logging sources Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, how ordinary clay is transformed into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop

How the movement of Uranus and Neptune may have influenced the development of life on Earth

The documentary turns attention to quasars, and explains the role they likely played in the creation of the universe and, ultimately, how they will contribute to its destruction

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

Using material salvaged from scrap yards, Adam Savage and two colleagues design and build three motorised vehicles inspired by post-apocalyptic worlds

Adam wants to build his own version of King Arthur's legendary sword, Excalibur. Using the iron found in a meteorite, he attempts to make an indestructible weapon

Exposing the secrets behind the mysterious ruined city in Greece, which gave birth to the mythical stories surrounding the legend of Atlantis

Exposing the secrets behind Attila the Hun, revealing new evidence that can determine if he was responsible for the fall of Roman Empire

Astronomy programme exploring phenomena in the universe. This edition focuses on the search for alien life on other planets in the galaxy

NASA's Juno probe is unlocking Jupiter's secrets, answering mysteries and gathering data. Scientists and experts explain the importance of this mission

A look at NASA's plans to have manned missions to Mars for human exploration on the Red Planet by 2035

How oranges are turned into marmalade, and a look at how dresses are printed, fit for the catwalk

Investigating how heavy duty road rollers are built, and revealing how mobile phones are manufactured with the care and precision of a Swiss watch

A look at how thousands of tonnes of grapefruit are picked and processed, and how conveyor belts that carry millions of pieces of luggage every year are built

Examining how the world's finest harp strings are made, how they build roof windows that can keep out a hurricane, and how to make Belgian waffles

Examining how some farms are run with the help of robots, how a machine picks up 30 tons of logs in a single grab, and how the world's most valuable pianos are transported

How towering scaffolds are built from giant poles of bamboo, and how people mine for the mineral that makes fireworks burn red

Former aerospace engineer Justin Cunningham and Tomo Umewaka find solutions for engineering mistakes. In this episode Justin tries to keep the Glasgow Tower turning

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

Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy check out one of the world's largest fireworks companies to reveal the explosive secrets of its pyrotechnics experts

Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy meet experts using cutting-edge explosives to turn entire mountains into gravel-sized bits essential for construction

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

New discoveries reveal NASA's Cassini spacecraft's secrets, which explored Saturn and its moons until it vaporised in its atmosphere

In California, Rob Nelson and Stefan Burns explore a cave rumoured to house 100lb of gold, stashed away during the Gold Rush

Historians and scientists explore the life and work of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American inventor rumoured to have created world's first weapon of mass destruction

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