Discovery Science Sunday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

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

Josh Gates travels to Yonaguni Island to explore an underwater phenomenon described as Japan's Atlantis, diving into the waters of the Pacific Rim to explore this remarkable site

Josh Gates pursues lost fragments of the Cross of Jesus Christ, visiting the Holy Land to trace their whereabouts, until new evidence leads him to Istanbul

The materials and manufacturing processes that go into making ochre and hurdy gurdies

The development and manufacturing of exhaust headers and moulded limestone artwork. Plus, spiral stairs and pita bread

Cameras reveal the production processes behind the production of guitars out of recycled skateboards. Plus, solar-powered street lights and dolls

A look at how common objects including racing pulley systems and medicine balls are made. Plus, glass sculptures and inductors

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

A look at how people handcraft Espadrilles shoes, how prefabricated houses are made, and how priceless documents are kept safe for hundreds of years

An insight into how the world's toughest and most expensive nut is harvested, how lake water is turned into tap water, and how thousands of pop fans are contained at gigs

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

While investigating Argentina's most credible military encounter, the team tracks down an eyewitness and the unexpected presence of Nasa

Paul and Kawa head to Argentina to investigate a possible UFO crash site. Elsewhere, Sarah and Nick track a pattern of low-altitude UFOs in Phoenix, Arizona

More everyday items are put under the microscope, with a closer look at how space pens, reef aquariums and metal caskets are manufactured

More everyday items go under the microscope as the production methods behind objects including kimchi and traditional parquet floors are revealed

More everyday items go under the microscope. How are objects including raw pet food and replica police lanterns made?

More everyday items go under the microscope, with this edition explaining how objects including calissons and diving watercrafts are made

Jeremy Wade reveals the new deep-sea discoveries that might prove the existence of the infamous giant squid

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

In 1945, five US Navy planes vanished without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. Experts investigate why the planes disappeared and where they could be today

Experts examine theories surrounding a long-lost ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle, and launch an investigation to try and locate the missing vessel

Investigating a UFO crash that was believed to be a Soviet satellite. Plus, a probe sent to Mars discovers evidence of frozen water on the red planet

Images of Mercury reveal spider-like formations on its surface which may be an odd geological formation or something more ominous

Dramatised-documentary series in which Aidan Gillen plays a detective examining dangerous phenomena in the universe

When a massive star dies it can direct a blast of radiation that would obliterate life of Earth. This episode asks what the chances are of this event occurring

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

A look at how people handcraft Espadrilles shoes, how prefabricated houses are made, and how priceless documents are kept safe for hundreds of years

An insight into how the world's toughest and most expensive nut is harvested, how lake water is turned into tap water, and how thousands of pop fans are contained at gigs