Discovery Science +1 Thursday

How does one family in America make three quarters of the world's peppermint oil? Also, how do they make state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets?

A look at the production process of trombones, traditional Spanish wineskins, and how muddy peat is turned into rejuvenating face cream

A look at the production process of surfboards. Plus, how millions of tonnes of butter is made each year

A look at transporting racehorses in luxury. Plus, the creative methods use to photograph food

Once there was life on Mars - but scientists believe a series of devastating mass extinctions transformed a watery planet into a desert

Nasa research is used to compile a list of the top six most destructive stars, including 'vampires' that drain their neighbours, supernovas, and white dwarfs that destroy planets

Despite Pluto's appearance as a dark and frozen world, scientists investigate whether there might be warm liquid water beneath the surface

Richard explores the Kölnbrein Dam in Austria, one of the world's biggest man-made engineering projects, which can hold back 200 million tonnes of water