Saturday, November 23rd TV listings for Discovery Science Canada
How Do They Do It? Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
Check out the secrets behind Toto washlets, fire scouts, and demolition drills.
How Do They Do It? 24 Hours of Daytona, Rum
Featured: 24 Hours of Daytona; rum.
Mighty Planes Sofia 747SP
In 2010, the largest airborne observatory in the world opened its infrared eye for the first time from aboard a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jetliner. SOFIA boasts a 17-ton telescope capable of making observations impossible for ground-based telescopes.
Featured: Old West holsters, camera housings, soy beverages; pet nail trimmers.
Features escalators, Kevlar canoes; goat cheese and disc music boxes.
Savage Builds Mad Max Melee
Adam Savage and genius inventors team up to build a deadly fleet of junkyard vehicles that look straight out of Mad Max, and using scrapyard materials and wicked-smart engineering, they face off to see whose motorized monster packs the most vicious punch.
Airplane Repo Panic at 10,000
Over the skies of North Texas, Kevin and Heather have grabbed themselves a Lear jet. But when a mechanical failure leads to a dangerous imbalance in the jet's fuel load, Kevin Lacey must descend through a building storm to make an emergency landing.
How the Universe Works Secret World of Nebulas
Nebulas are the strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.
Mighty Planes Sofia 747SP
In 2010, the largest airborne observatory in the world opened its infrared eye for the first time from aboard a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jetliner. SOFIA boasts a 17-ton telescope capable of making observations impossible for ground-based telescopes.
BattleBots A Duck Only A Mother Could Love
Elite bots Tombstone and Sawblaze go to war in the BattleBox, as the competition heats up to become the 2019 BattleBots champion.
If We Built It Today Roman Aqueducts
As clean water grows scarce, can we use ancient technology to distribute the world's most valuable resource to the people who need it most.
Savage Builds Mad Max Melee
Adam Savage and genius inventors team up to build a deadly fleet of junkyard vehicles that look straight out of Mad Max, and using scrapyard materials and wicked-smart engineering, they face off to see whose motorized monster packs the most vicious punch.
Made by Destruction Picture Frames, Rings, and Boats
Foam coolers are melted into workable plastic and moulded into decorative frames. Cellphones are mined for their precious metals and minted into engagement rings. Wind turbine blades are broken down to fiberglass flakes and repurposed into sleek boats.
Made by Destruction Copper Pots, Dresses, and Roads
Old TV sets are mined and spun off into high-end copper pots. Sour milk is processed into protein powder, woven into yarn then styled into dairy-based dresses. Plastic bags are melted into asphalt additive then paved into energy-efficient highways.
Mayday The Heathrow Enigma
Just two minutes before touching down at Heathrow, British Airways Flight 38 is inexplicably crippled by double engine failure and crashes on the tarmac.
If We Built It Today Roman Colosseum
From the world's largest football stadiums to epic Olympic building projects, modern makes know a lot about big venues, but can they match the amped-up amphitheaters at the heart of ancient Roman spectacle.
American Loggers Uphill Battle
A good summer of hauling wood has left the harvesters struggling to keep up with demand. The Pelletiers take on a new business venture, building their own logging trailers. It's a huge investment with high-level risk.
Airplane Repo No Safe Harbor
Mike and his wife go undercover to repo a go-fast boat. Ken and Danny bring in some talented friends to pull off a rare simultaneous triple repo, and Kevin attempts to swipe a deadbeat flight school's entire fleet of Cessnas.
Rise of the Machines Mega Lift Ship
The 50,000-ton Mega Lift Ship, the Dockwise MV Treasure, is longer than two football fields and packs the power of 80 Hummers. The steel giant carries a 13,000-ton oilrig from Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico, battling ferocious storms across two oceans.
How Do They Do It? Money Movers, Big Game Fish, Bagpipes
See how cash is moved safely and securely, how to land big game fish, and how bagpipes make music.
How Do They Do It? Crash Testing, Books, Margarine
See how cars protect you in a crash; how a book is printed and turning oil into margarine.
Airplane Repo No Safe Harbor
Mike and his wife go undercover to repo a go-fast boat. Ken and Danny bring in some talented friends to pull off a rare simultaneous triple repo, and Kevin attempts to swipe a deadbeat flight school's entire fleet of Cessnas.
American Loggers Uphill Battle
A good summer of hauling wood has left the harvesters struggling to keep up with demand. The Pelletiers take on a new business venture, building their own logging trailers. It's a huge investment with high-level risk.
If We Built It Today Roman Colosseum
From the world's largest football stadiums to epic Olympic building projects, modern makes know a lot about big venues, but can they match the amped-up amphitheaters at the heart of ancient Roman spectacle.
Rise of the Machines Mega Lift Ship
The 50,000-ton Mega Lift Ship, the Dockwise MV Treasure, is longer than two football fields and packs the power of 80 Hummers. The steel giant carries a 13,000-ton oilrig from Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico, battling ferocious storms across two oceans.
Mayday The Heathrow Enigma
Just two minutes before touching down at Heathrow, British Airways Flight 38 is inexplicably crippled by double engine failure and crashes on the tarmac.
Mighty Ships CCGS Amundsen
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen is a research icebreaker who job is to battle Arctic extremes to understand how global warming will radically change life in the high Arctic; the crew and scientists face extreme pressure on this dangerous mission.