Saturday, December 14th TV listings for Discovery Science Canada
How Do They Do It? Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
Find out the secrets behind frankfurters, sniper rifles, and casino security.
How Do They Do It? Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Highlighters
Learn the secrets behind tsukili, cricket bats and highlighters.
Mighty Planes C-5M Super Galaxy
The C-5 Galaxy is the biggest and most powerful plane in the U.S. Air Force fleet. Follow its mission into a war zone, from initial briefing to descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.
Featured: time delay locks; brownies; pallet dispensers; crystal chandeliers.
A look at how binoculars; sparklers; rubber boots and circular saw blades are made.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam teams up with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, one of the stars of The 5th Element, to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons from the film, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun, a weapon that features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
Airplane Repo Flying Blind
Repo Man Ken Cage attempts to nab two high-end yachts in two days. Kevin Lacey's favour for a friend turns into a white-knuckle landing under darkening Texas skies in a plane with no radio on a runway with no lights.
How the Universe Works Battle of the Dark Universe
Dark matter and dark energy compete for control of the cosmos; the winner will determine the fate of the universe. New discoveries might reveal which force will emerge victorious.
Mighty Planes C-5M Super Galaxy
The C-5 Galaxy is the biggest and most powerful plane in the U.S. Air Force fleet. Follow its mission into a war zone, from initial briefing to descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.
BattleBots The Most Destructive Robot
As the tournament heats up, the field of vicious robots gear up to guarantee their spot in the Top 16. In the Main Event bout, Tombstone and Rotator look to settle a year-long feud once and for all.
If We Built It Today Great Wall Of China
The Great Wall of China is actually several walls, built centuries apart; explore what changes have technology, politics and environmental awareness brought if we built the wall today.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam teams up with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, one of the stars of The 5th Element, to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons from the film, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun, a weapon that features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
Made by Destruction Briefcases, Garden Gnomes, and Light Fixtures
Airline uniforms are shredded into fibre, woven into felt then refashioned into a stylish briefcase. Aluminum hair spray cans are crushed, drained and recast as iconic garden gnomes. Old newspaper is pulped into funky cardboard light fixtures.
Steel rail tracks are smelted and formed into sheets to be body parts of a Lexus SUV, laundry detergent jugs are made from an eco-friendly parking pad and a blacksmith transforms a scrapyard suspension ring into a 16th-century replica sword.
Mayday The Plane That Flew Too High
Pummelled by turbulence, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was flying through a moderate hurricane when the aircraft mysteriously dropped from the sky and crashed on a remote Venezuelan farm.
If We Built It Today Hunt for Noah's Ark
According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a world-changing engineering feat, and it took cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.
American Loggers Washed Out
Torrential rain threatens production and rookie drivers aren't pulling their weight. Then disaster strikes in the woods when harvester Kevin Cummings flips his machine. It'll take everything in the Pelletier arsenal to make it through the week.
Airplane Repo Guns, Girls and Gamblers
Mike and his wife Valerie crash a high-stakes poker game to learn the location of a jet. Ken and Danny hunt down the luxury yacht of a womanizing sleaze bag. And Kevin has his life threatened when he attempts to repo a debtor's crop duster.
Rise of the Machines Mega Digger
The Komatsu PC8000 towers 12 metres tall and weighs more than two fully laden jumbo jets. Its current mission is to shovel 27,000 tons of copper ore in less than four days while avoiding potentially lethal boulders and collisions with giant dump trucks.
How Do They Do It? Guitars; Rope Access; Fast Tractor
Featured: guitars; rope access; fast tractor.
How Do They Do It? Liferafts; Mind Control; Stamps
Find out how they build a life raft to hold up to 150 people, how does mind control help golfer’s improve their shots and how they design and print millions of Jubilee postage stamps.
Airplane Repo Guns, Girls and Gamblers
Mike and his wife Valerie crash a high-stakes poker game to learn the location of a jet. Ken and Danny hunt down the luxury yacht of a womanizing sleaze bag. And Kevin has his life threatened when he attempts to repo a debtor's crop duster.
American Loggers Washed Out
Torrential rain threatens production and rookie drivers aren't pulling their weight. Then disaster strikes in the woods when harvester Kevin Cummings flips his machine. It'll take everything in the Pelletier arsenal to make it through the week.
If We Built It Today Hunt for Noah's Ark
According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was a world-changing engineering feat, and it took cutting-edge construction to build it. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building it a second time would be just as difficult.
Rise of the Machines Mega Digger
The Komatsu PC8000 towers 12 metres tall and weighs more than two fully laden jumbo jets. Its current mission is to shovel 27,000 tons of copper ore in less than four days while avoiding potentially lethal boulders and collisions with giant dump trucks.
Mayday The Plane That Flew Too High
Pummelled by turbulence, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was flying through a moderate hurricane when the aircraft mysteriously dropped from the sky and crashed on a remote Venezuelan farm.
Secret Space Escapes Point of No Return
A spacewalker loses his vision and is locked outside his craft after a spacesuit malfunction.