TV Schedule for Science - West

How the Universe Works War of the Galaxies

Galaxies are locked in continual combat across the universe, and the Milky Way will face its biggest opponent ever, the Andromeda Galaxy, in a titanic and deadly struggle that could create a new and unrecognizable super galaxy.

How the Universe Works Aliens of the Microcosmos

The hidden kingdom of microscopic alien organisms shapes the universe as much as galaxies, stars, and planets; new discoveries reveal how bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms built life on Earth and influence humanity's future in the cosmos.

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.

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 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 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.

Engineering Catastrophes Italian Railway Debacle

Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy; experts investigate and uncover a compromise in balance with improperly positioned counterweights and a maneuver that resulted in catastrophe.

Engineering Catastrophes New York Disaster Crane

A crane disastrously falls across two lanes of traffic during construction work on a landmark bridge in New York City.

Engineering Catastrophes Miami Condo Calamity

Tragedy strikes a community when a condominium complex collapses in Miami, resulting in one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history; experts investigate and reveal potential flaws in the structure's flat slab construction.

Engineering Catastrophes Pennsylvania Ice Flood

An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy flood water buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.

Fatal Engineering Plane Crashes New

Look back at the Tenerife, Kegworth, and Paris Concorde air disasters. Investigate the design defects that made these aircraft vulnerable, look at the role air traffic miscommunications played, and relive the terrible moments before disaster struck.

Engineering Catastrophes Genoa Bridge of Tragedy

The Genoa bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete encased cables.

Engineering Catastrophes Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

An aging dam in Nebraska is overcome by flooding after the area is hit with a devastating bomb cyclone; an investigation reveals that massive chunks of ice unleashed by the superstorm played a critical role in the failure of the old structure.

Fatal Engineering Plane Crashes

Look back at the Tenerife, Kegworth, and Paris Concorde air disasters. Investigate the design defects that made these aircraft vulnerable, look at the role air traffic miscommunications played, and relive the terrible moments before disaster struck.

Engineering Catastrophes Genoa Bridge of Tragedy

The Genoa bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete encased cables.

Engineering Catastrophes Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

An aging dam in Nebraska is overcome by flooding after the area is hit with a devastating bomb cyclone; an investigation reveals that massive chunks of ice unleashed by the superstorm played a critical role in the failure of the old structure.

Engineering Catastrophes Pennsylvania Ice Flood

An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy flood water buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.

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.

Engineering Catastrophes Italian Railway Debacle

Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy; experts investigate and uncover a compromise in balance with improperly positioned counterweights and a maneuver that resulted in catastrophe.

NASA's Unexplained Files Red Storm Rising

Two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space face a horrible death; the first close up images of Pluto show an alien landscape; residents of Houston struggle to explain videos of unidentified flying lights captured above their city at night.

NASA's Unexplained Files Black Knight Rises

A piece of the sun seems to have vanished; the Hubble spots an unidentified object traveling faster than light.

NASA's Unexplained Files Planet of the Metal Aliens

Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization of strange, metallic monsters, after a new discovery confirms that life can thrive on such a strange world.