Wednesday, October 22nd TV listings for Science HD
How the Universe Works Are Black Holes Real?
Cosmologists say there are black holes throughout the Universe, but they've never seen one and it's almost impossible to study them directly.
How the Universe Works Secret History of Mercury
Mercury is a deadly world, facing attacks from the Sun, comets, and other planets; even though it's the smallest planet in the solar system, Mercury has a dangerous secret that may one day threaten life on Earth.
Savage Builds Forging Excalibur
Adam wants to build his own version of King Arthur's legendary sword: Excalibur; using the iron found in a meteorite, he attempts to make an indestructible weapon.
Savage Builds Building Iron Man
Richard Browning, the inventor and chief test pilot of the Gravity Jet Suit, which is powered by five 1,000-horsepower mini jet engines, helps get Adam's titanium Marvel Studios' Iron Man-inspired suit to fly.
Savage Builds Nitro Explode-aganza
Adam Savage and a demolition expert team up to test one of the most dangerous and explosive substances on the planet, and cutting-edge science and tech will reveal if nitroglycerine really deserves its notorious reputation.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam Savage teams up with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons, the ZF1 Multi-Artillery Gun from "The Fifth Element," a weapon so lethal that it features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
Savage Builds Wheel of Death
Adam Savage and a NASA engineer team up to build a rocket-propelled experimental super-weapon that could have changed the course of World War II; using cutting-edge tech, they try to make this notorious engineering failure an explosive success.
Savage Builds Mad Max Melee
Adam Savage and inventors 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.
Engineering Catastrophes Crash of the Titan
A construction crane collapses while lifting a one million-ton section of roof for Milwaukee's Miller Park stadium; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong.
Engineering Catastrophes Chicago's Tower of Terror
When the innovative design of an iconic Chicago skyscraper leads to tragedy, experts must apply cutting-edge tech and the latest engineering methods to fix an urgent, life-or-death problem.
Engineering Catastrophes Olympic Stadium Fiasco
Montreal's Olympic Stadium is an ambitious engineering project with a striking space-age design, but it's distinctive roof has caused more than $1 billion in cost overruns; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science can fix it.
Engineering Catastrophes Deepwater Disaster
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig drills into the deepest oil reserves on the planet, but a sudden explosion onboard leads to the worst oil spill in history; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science finally fixed the catastrophe.
Fatal Engineering Skyscraper Collapses New
Pinpoint the mistakes that caused major structural failures. Explore the preventable explosion inside London's Ronan Point, the code violations that collapsed Lalita Park, and the short circuit that set off a deadly fire in Tehran's Plasco Building.
Engineering Catastrophes Boston's Big Dig Disaster
In 2006, a fatal collapse in one of Boston's tunnels put an ambitious project in doubt; experts reveal what caused this engineering disaster and how it was fixed.
Engineering Catastrophes Apollo 13: The Secret Evidence
New science reveals the inside story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and using the latest evidence, experts reveal what really went wrong and how NASA saved the lives of the three astronauts stranded in space in a life-or-death race against the clock.
Fatal Engineering Skyscraper Collapses
Pinpoint the mistakes that caused major structural failures. Explore the preventable explosion inside London's Ronan Point, the code violations that collapsed Lalita Park, and the short circuit that set off a deadly fire in Tehran's Plasco Building.
Engineering Catastrophes Boston's Big Dig Disaster
In 2006, a fatal collapse in one of Boston's tunnels put an ambitious project in doubt; experts reveal what caused this engineering disaster and how it was fixed.
Engineering Catastrophes Apollo 13: The Secret Evidence
New science reveals the inside story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and using the latest evidence, experts reveal what really went wrong and how NASA saved the lives of the three astronauts stranded in space in a life-or-death race against the clock.
Engineering Catastrophes Deepwater Disaster
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig drills into the deepest oil reserves on the planet, but a sudden explosion onboard leads to the worst oil spill in history; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science finally fixed the catastrophe.
Savage Builds Mad Max Melee
Adam Savage and inventors 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.
Engineering Catastrophes Crash of the Titan
A construction crane collapses while lifting a one million-ton section of roof for Milwaukee's Miller Park stadium; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong.
East Harbour Heroes Atlantic Storm New
As hurricane season hits Newfoundland, a skipper races to salvage his cod season; a crane trainee is put to the test.
NASA's Unexplained Files Mars's Deepest Secret
Soviet photos of the moon are intercepted by the CIA; a malfunction aboard the ISS, which imperils the whole crew; NASA probe finds evidence of the possibility of life on Mars.
NASA's Unexplained Files Stonehenge on Mars
A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.