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Topic: Discovery Science
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Programming Highlights: Turning Trash Heaps Into Treasure Hunts, JUNKies Premieres Nov. 6 on Discovery Science
Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 05:56 PM
An eclectic band of dumpster divers are redefining engineering in the new Discovery Science series, JUNKies. From the producers of ODDITIES, this six-part series premiering Sunday, November 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, appeals to a new breed of collectors/creators dubbed “enginerds.” Go inside the subculture of high-end inventors, backyard builders and antique pickers constantly looking for the missing parts to complete their passion projects.
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Programming Highlights: Tornados and Time Warps Come to Discovery Science in October
Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 06:42 PM
Discovery Science is looking at the world a bit differently this October. First, Professor Brian Cox explains the mysteries of the universe using simple truths and mind-blowing images in WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Oct. 3). Then, from the radio that made the world smaller to the machine gun that made it more dangerous – reflect on the INVENTIONS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (Oct.12). Afterwards, the boys of STORM CHASERS (Oct. 26) are back to put their lives on the line while tracking terrorizing tornados. And TIME WARP (Oct. 20) takes a slow motion view at everyday occurrences like getting punched in the face, throwing a kitten in the air, or blowing up a raw chicken breast.
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Programming Highlights: Discovery Science’s KILLER OUTBREAKS Warns That Mankind’s Deadliest Enemies Are The Ones We Can’t See
Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011 - 07:00 PM
In a world where global travel is the norm, the Earth’s most devastating diseases are never more than a plane ride away. Discovery Science’s new six-part series KILLER OUTBREAKS follows everyday, deadly diseases like West Nile, Monkey Pox and MRSA that can quickly mutate into an epidemic. Premiering Friday, September 2 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT, follow the intense, real-life drama of disease where small-town doctors and the country’s top scientists from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) battle to stop lethal diseases before they spread to disastrous proportions.
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Fall Highlights: Discovery Science Warns of Deadly Diseases, Dangerous Situations and Skilled Deception This September
Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 06:00 PM
Wash your hands, watch your step and don’t talk to strangers – a mother’s advice should be taken seriously and Discovery Science shows why this September. Deadly diseases lurk on everyday objects and can quickly lead to KILLER OUTBREAKS (Sept. 2). Next, dangerous situations escalate quickly when it comes to Somali pirates and Taliban kidnappers, making it a struggle to GET OUT ALIVE (Sept. 18). Keith Barry uses his powers of perception and persuasion to read the thoughts and control the behaviours of unsuspecting subjects in DECEPTION WITH KEITH BARRY (Sept. 24). Then, white-picket fences hold in SURBURBAN MONSTERS (Sept. 19) that are poised to attack.
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Programming Highlights: Robots Will Rumble at the KILLER ROBOTS: 2011 ROBOGAMES on Discovery Science, August 2
Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 07:08 PM
Man-made metal monsters meet at the International Robogames Competition in a sudden-death elimination battle to avoid the scrap heap. Hosted by MYTHBUSTERS’ Grant Imahara, KILLER ROBOTS: 2011 ROBOGAMES follows everyday engineers and backyard brainiacs as they produce mechanized mayhem. For one hour onTuesday, August 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET/11 p.m. ET, Discovery Science features fire-breathing, blade-spinning robo-gladiators that face off in a bulletproof arena, where only one combatant can emerge victorious.
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Programming Highlights: Follows One Man’s 41-Hour Horror of Being TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR, August 14 on Discovery Science
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 05:35 PM
At 11 p.m. on Friday, October 15, 1999, without watch or cell phone, Nick White stepped out of his midtown Manhattan office for a cigarette. A return trip to White’s office by elevator should have taken less than a minute – instead, the ascending elevator lurched to a stop, and left White TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR for 41 hours. Narrated by John Lithgow this one-hour special, premiering Sun., August 14 at 9 p.m. ET/11:00 p.m. PT on Discovery Science, takes a fascinating journey through the history of elevators. Trace the evolution of high rises and elevators, and find out how safe this vertical mode of transportation really is.
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Programming Highlights: Proving Earth Can Still Surprise, DECADE OF DISCOVERY Reveals Recently Identified Species, June 26 on Discovery Science
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 05:42 PM
A rare pygmy sloth that looks like a teddy bear – and can swim, a carnivorous pitcher plant and a fish with a face like a headlight. In the last 10 years, a staggering quarter of a million new species have been discovered, and DECADE OF DISCOVERY showcases the most extraordinary in a special Top 10. Premiering Sunday, June 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Science, the one-hour special features creatures that no one dreamed ever existed. Hosted by wildlife expert Chris Packham, the incredible findings are paired with personal stories of the scientists and explorers who discovered them.
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Programming Highlights: Discovery Science Dives into the Sea this June
Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 10:01 AM
Beneath the world’s water lurks death, disaster and never-before-seen species. This June Discovery Science uncovers what is really going on down below. DEEPWATER DISASTER (June 5) follows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster that put BP in the headlines and severely damaged the Gulf of Mexico. DECADE OF DISCOVERY (June 26) showcases the 10 most extraordinary species from land and sea out of the quarter of a million new species discovered in the last decade. DEATH OF THE OCEANS (June 30) reveals how our actions are pushing the world’s oceans ever closer to the brink of destruction. Additionally, come up for air with MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE (June 8) to see six of the world’s greatest monuments restored to their full splendour.
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Programming Highlights: Stronger, Smaller, Smarter, Cleaner. Discovery Science is MAKING STUFF May 24
Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 05:01 PM
Invisibility cloaks; spider silk that is stronger than steel; plastics made of sugar that dissolve in landfills; self-healing military vehicles; and clothes that monitor your mood – what will the future bring and what will it be made of? Beginning Tuesday, May 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Science, MAKING STUFF takes a thrilling tour of the material world we live in. The fascinating new four-part series, MAKING STUFF, offers a behind-the-scenes look at scientific innovations ushering in a new generation of materials that are stronger, smarter, smaller and cleaner than anything we’ve ever seen.
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Programming Highlights: Extraordinary Engineering Explored in VOYAGES OF CONSTRUCTION on Discovery Science
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 05:26 PM
Go inside some of the most secretive facilities in the world with Discovery Science as VOYAGES OF CONSTRUCTION explores awesome feats of engineering, premiering Tuesday, May 3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The three-part series combines unprecedented access and observational documentary techniques with powerful CGI footage that offer insight into groundbreaking engineering projects. Explore the business behind creating the best and most lucrative technology in the face of fierce worldwide competition.
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Programming Highlights: Discovery Science is Meteoric This February with New Shows and Returning Favourites
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 - 05:52 PM
See the world like never before when Discovery Science takes a closer look at things meteoric, microscopic – and even mutant – this February. Celebrate the power of evolution and Earth’s unlikely animals in MUTANT PLANETS (Feb. 28). Fan favourites Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold return to search for something rarer than gold in season two of METEORITE MEN (Feb. 7). Then, zoom in and see the microorganisms that surround us everyday in INVISIBLE WORLDS (Feb. 16).
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Programming Highlights: Evolutionary Oddities: MUTANT PLANET Reveals the Planet’s Strangest Species, February 28 on Discovery Science
Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 09:57 AM
An evolutionary joke, an awkward mistake, or a mutated masterpiece? Explore the magic of evolution and the forces of nature that together shape eccentric animals, eclectic lifestyles and unorthodox patterns of behaviour in the new series MUTANT PLANET. Premiering on Discovery Science on February 28 at 8 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT, the six-part series reveals the strange species that seemingly defy the laws of nature, from Australia’s 200-plus species of bizarrely pouched marsupials to a species of fish in Africa’s Rift Valley lakes that might be as intelligent as chimps.
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Fall Highlights: Brand-New Channel Discovery Science Highlights the Greatest Scientific Breakthroughs to Shape Our World, Launching Sept. 27
Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 10:26 AM
Learning to harness the power of fire. Inventing the first stone tools. Utilizing the wheel. Advancements in human culture – and the civilizations defined by them – were propelled by scientific breakthroughs. Launching Monday, September 27, Discovery Science is a brand new, fact-based channel that celebrates these trials, errors and scientific events that have forever changed our world – and looks to today’s maverick innovators to imagine our future. Consider the literature and architecture of ancient Greece; the invention of the printing press and the exploration of new worlds in the Middle Ages; and the giant leap in our recent past that saw the invention of the automobile, vaccines and the global proliferation of the Internet – science has the power to revolutionize civilizations and touch every human life. Cool and curious, Discovery Science explores the quirky side of technology, human progress, and scientific discoveries and how these shape our world. Discovery Science is the third of three new Discovery brands coming to Canada this season (Discovery World HD and Investigation Discovery launched in August).
Note: Check out Discovery Science complete fall schedule grid on FallTVPreview.com, your guide to television this fall!
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Programming Highlights: The Ancients Gave the Gods Death, In Return For Life – Find Out How When BLOOD FOR THE GODS Premieres May 10 on Discovery Civilization
Posted on Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 06:40 PM
Death is a necessary gift when life depends on pleasing the gods. But are the legends of fertility sacrifices true? Did Aztecs really cut the hearts out of thousands of victims? Examining the truth behind these ancient sacrificial rituals – with the help of scientific re-enactments – a fascinating three-part series BLOOD FOR THE GODS premieres Monday, May 10 at 10 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT on Discovery Civilization.
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Programming Highlights: This March, Discovery Civilization Brings Legends to Life, Journeys To the Frontlines Of Our Past, and Goes Sci-fi With William Shatner
Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 08:51 PM
Vampires, werewolves and aliens come to life when Season 2 of LOST TAPES returns to Discovery Civilization this March. Then, for a closer look at the events leading up to the assault on Pearl Harbor, catch the one-hour special premiere of UNSOLVED HISTORY: MYTHS OF PEARL HARBOR. And, for the first time on Discovery Civilization, join host William Shatner for an irreverent and revealing look at how the sci-fi world of STAR TREK has impacted modern technology with HOW WILLIAM SHATNER CHANGED THE WORLD.
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