Discovery Science Wednesday

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

Three teams compete to see who can pack their pines with the most firepower and save Christmas Town from an Abominable Snowman

Rocket builders take part in a festive competition as they attempt to launch their Christmas trees as high as possible into the air

The teams must make an expedited delivery of letters, send decorations to Christmas Town without breaking a bauble and give Santa's sleigh a turbo boost

The astronomical documentary explores binary star systems, which make around half of the Milky Way, and their potential to create habitats for alien life

Turns the spotlight on inventors who build astonishing creations in their homes - including a precision drone-catcher that transforms into a vacuum-powered railway

The presenter explores some of the world's biggest structures, machines and vessels. In the first episode, he explores Volkswagen's car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany

Richard takes flight aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane, the C-5M Super Galaxy

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

How do they use ancient techniques and modern technology to produce thousands of tonnes of barbecue charcoal? How do they cook up Japan's soba noodles?

How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? Plus, a look at how the world's sharpest knives are forged

How ugly root vegetables are transformed into sweet sugar. Plus, the manufacture of feather dusters and party balloons

How do they turn trees into billions of pencils? How do they make liquorice? And, how do they use traditional techniques to weave the world's most fashionable lace?

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

Mireya and Ronny return to where they think they heard whistles and saw glowing eyes. Meanwhile, Mireya agrees to act as bait in order to lure out Bigfoot

Russell records thermal imagery that believes is Bigfoot. Mireya and Ronny have a terrifying experience when they realise they are not alone in the forest

Explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah try to unravel the mystery of the Mayan empire's fate

A 500-year-old map guides explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah travels to Florida and Arkansas in search of a source of water said to grant eternal life

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

Beneath the densely populated city of Naples lies a looming threat. A super volcano may be on the verge of erupting and causing an apocalyptic catastrophe

New theories claim the sunken city of Atlantis may have been in the Americas. From the Bahamas to an ancient site in Louisiana, Rob and Stefan seek the evidence