Discovery Science Friday

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An insight into how the world's most expensive vinegar is made, how divers keep dry and warm in the freezing ocean, and how to build a plane that can fly upside down

A look at the process of forging super steel to make cars lighter, greener and safer, and how Australia's 80 million sheep are sheared every spring

The series exploring the science of astronomy returns, beginning with a look at the mysterious 'ninth' planet reported to exist on the very edge of the Solar System

The astronomical documentary continues, exploring the most violent and dangerous places in the universe, including exploding stars, colliding galaxies and nebula shockwaves

The documentary explains why new research may have found the answer to why supermassive black holes are able to grow to star-devouring, galaxy-shaping proportions

An exploration of factories on a mammoth scale, including Nasa's vast vehicle assembly building and Europe's largest food processing plant

Three towing companies, Ron's, Borealis and Lucky 7, must rescue drivers that have tried to use frozen rivers as roads and are now in danger of falling through the ice

Experts use cutting-edge technology to uncover what caused the Nazi Hindenburg aircraft to explode in a giant ball of fire over New Jersey in 1937

Cutting-edge technology is helping experts investigate the Bermuda triangle. Using new techniques, they search for evidence of aliens on the ocean floor

Did Apollo astronauts hear unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon? Plus, an astronomer spots a strange disturbance in Martian atmosphere

Nasa makes a shocking discovery while tracking an asteroid heading toward Earth, and Apollo 12 astronauts bring something unexpected back from the moon

Geysers are discovered on a frozen moon, NASA redirects a probe on a mission to find proof of life, and a future US President is eyewitness to a UFO

How car windows are made to keep out wind and rain, stones, thieves, noise and harmful UV rays. Plus, a look at the way gloss is added to create the perfect shade of lipstick

The manufacture of delicious baklava, favourite sweet of the Ottomans. Plus, James Bond's gyroplane, the ukulele, and the Supercat - the world's fastest ferry

The carving of extended skateboards known as a longboards. Plus, how lemons are turned into juice, and the manufacture of industry's versatile heavy lifter, the forklift truck

How the coffee that wakes up Italy is roasted. Plus, the manufacture of the bricks and oil that fills lava lamps, and how diamonds are blasted from a frozen volcano

How the world's sharpest photos are taken. Plus, the stitching of an airbag capable of catching a falling car, and the manufacture of billions of perfectly-formed jelly beans

How a caravan tougher than an SUV can be built. Plus, forging tuning forks with perfect pitch, resurfacing an ice rink in minutes, and staging on the world's biggest light festival

A missing mummified body could re-write the history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, as Ramy Romany investigates whether John Wilkes Booth actually escaped

Rob Nelson investigates subterranean secrets from around the world, beginning with mysterious rocks at the bottom of Lake Michigan known as Underwater Stonehenge

Bad weather strikes treasure hunter Darrell Miklos as he makes his way along the Columbus trail, forcing him to put his gear to the ultimate test

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

Did Apollo astronauts hear unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon? Plus, an astronomer spots a strange disturbance in Martian atmosphere

Nasa makes a shocking discovery while tracking an asteroid heading toward Earth, and Apollo 12 astronauts bring something unexpected back from the moon

Geysers are discovered on a frozen moon, NASA redirects a probe on a mission to find proof of life, and a future US President is eyewitness to a UFO

Experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal the secrets of the Empire State Building

Experts use cutting-edge technology to investigate a lost city buried in the Sahara, as archaeologists uncover the city's forgotten ruins and dark secrets

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