What happens to ocean liners when their lives are over? Decommissioning an ocean-going vessel is a big job. It's also a dangerous job. Lives are literally at stake, and if it's done improperly, it can create an environmental disaster. Fortunately ...
Early man explored the Earth with sailboats. What if this mode of transportation could be used in space? One team of visionary scientists is planning to launch the first solar-sail spaceship next month. Traveling 10 times faster than the Voyager ...
Cosmic rays are everywhere, but no one knows where they come from. Scientists are determined to find out, so they?re building a huge cosmic ray-catching net. What they catch may unlock some of the mysteries of the universe. Join Ivan Semeniuk as ...
Would you believe there's a new car that runs on air? Well, it?s really compressed air, but still! It costs pennies to drive and produces minimal emissions. And let's face it, there?s no danger of running out of air any time soon. Jay Ingram brin ...
Many residents of New York City still live in fear of another terrorist attack and ask questions like: What would happen during a deadly attack with poison gas? Jay Ingram visits scientists who are evaluating that exact scenario by determining h ...
Sometimes criminals use water to wash away the clues. But what happens when the only trace of evidence is underwater? Discoveries This Week dives beneath the waves to show you how forensic experts look for clues, and witness how th ...
See how scientists solved the mystery of a relentless sound coming through the walls of people living near the Florida coast. Watch this clip from The Science Channel's "Discoveries This Week."
See how astronomers will study the mystery of gamma rays with the SWIFT space probe in this cllip from the Discovery Science Channel show Discoveries This Week.
New Star Trek-inspired technology is making its way into airports around the country. It's a "bomb sniffer" so sensitive it can detect even the most minute quantities of explosive material. Jennifer Scott gives us a tour of this amazing new scann ...
Go inside the Wyoming mountain where the military tracks anything that could be a threat to the security of America. Watch this clip from Science Channel's "Discoveries This Week."
This Week in Discovery News we peek into a future where sex robots run the prostitution industry. Plus, we debunk pet psychics and recap stories of a fireball that exploded over central California.
Will future space exploration be done by robots or humans? The Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA, James Green, answers whether future space exploration will be done by humans or robots in this Curiosity video.
Join Discovery Quest scientist Jim Kirkland on a paleontology adventure to Utah, where a newly discovered ?dinosaur graveyard? is yielding hundreds of animals. Kirkland unearths one especially important, brand-new dinosaur species that could rev ...
The rubber stress ball on your desk could usher in the next generation of robotic grippers. Researchers have built a gripper using a rubber membrane filled with everyday materials that can pick up anything from an egg to a glass of water.
If backwards time travel was possible, could we change history? Or is the power of space and time so great that time travelers would be unable to alter even the smallest detail?
At the height of the Cold War government scientists detect huge bursts of radiation. This source of radiation is a gamma ray burster and it's pointing directly at Earth! Could this be the Death Star Michio is looking for?