National Geographic has previously gone inside volcanos (see video clip below) and even inside Vietnam. On Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT in National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) Disaster Lab: Into the Tornado, veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras heads to America’s heartland during peak twister season to measure the massive force of a supercell storm, one of nature’s most destructive events and will go inside the tornado.

Go inside the volcano with national geographic:
Read More – Disaster Lab: Into the Tornado Premieres tomorrow

Last night on Discovery’s Doing Da Vinci the team split up into groups to see who could make the better self-propelled cart.

The two teams made one of wood and one of metal. After months of debating precision cuts, the crew finds out once and for all how accurate parts must be built in order for daVinci’s inventions to work.

If you know anything about the work of Leonardo da Vinci’s you know that his self-propelled car, was a wooden three wheeled cart.

Image Credit: Michael Becker/Discovery Channel (making the wheels for the cart)

On last weeks episode of Deadliest Catch it’s now week four of king crab season. Seven people have since died, but the fishermen are still on in the hunt for crab.

The long hours and vicious hazing begin to test the Greenhorns, and even some start to crack. On the Wizard, the rookie fights to maintain dignity as the deckboss shreds him to the core.Watch the 7 minute video from last weeks episode as they battle it out.

On tonight’s episode, the crab pots continue to come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas. Low bait and long grinds take our crews to dark places — the smallest infractions from a Greenhorn or
fellow Deckhand cause tempers and even violence to flare. Aboard the Cornelia Marie the brothers Harris have a war of words.

On the Wizard, low bait forces Keith to turn his back on his brother and reach out to an old enemy: Sig Hansen. While the rest of the fleet fight it out amongst themselves — it’s a wild, swinging pot that could do fatal damage on the Time Bandit.

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On last week’s episode of Deadliest Catch, the boats have encountered low crab numbers which has been creating even more tension among the crew. When the fleet wakes up to ominous red dawn skies, the captains speculate that a severe storm is on the way. But with crab quota to catch, the boats keep fishing.

Last time I showed the fish bite tradition clip. There are many other traditions including the burn barrel tradition. The Catch captains head to the “Burn Barrel,” a pre-crabbing season tradition to wish each other good luck and full pots for the upcoming season and set some stuff on fire too!

Read More – Deadliest Catch 5.04 Preview “Put Up or Shut Up”

Discovery Channel’s six-part world premiere original series, DOING DAVINCI, puts a team of 21st century builders, engineers and historians together to take on one of history’s greatest minds as they attempt to build DaVinci’s weapons once and for all. The series airsMondays at 10PM ET/PT

Tonight’s episode title: Multi-cannon Machine Gun
In the episode airing tonight, the team will take a shot at building a multi-cannon machine gun. Everyone is on high alert throughout the build as they work with hazardous black powder, an unstable substance that could detonate on its own.

Watch below as the team builds DaVinci’s multi cannon tank

Watch more from the design of the armored tank as they try to devise which type of wheels to use for the armored tank so that it actually moves.

Image Credit: Michael Becker/Discovery Channel

Back in October 2008 I joined along with the Mythbusters to ask viewers from the YouTube community to send in their favorite viral videos.

So you guys submitted your best YouTube myths and the MythBusters listened! Tune-in TONIGHT to find out if your submitted myths were BUSTED, PLAUSIBLE or CONFIRMED!

The MYTHBUSTERS special marks Discovery Channel’s first program partnership initiative with YouTube. Discovery aired a series of spots beginning in September 2008, hosted by MYTHBUSTERS’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, that invited viewers to become a part of the myth-busting crew by posting their favorite viral videos to YouTube.

Over 200 videos were submitted along with several thousand comments to the MythBusters YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=290018A7BF3DC8FB).

For the MYTHBUSTERS YouTube Special, Adam and Jamie test if 30,000 match heads, a tin bucket and a slow burning fuse could create a huge fireball. Meanwhile, the Build Team take on an immensely popular viral video that features a giant ball of Lego rolling down the streets of San Francisco. In one of the team’s biggest builds ever, the Build Team attempt to replicate the Lego sphere — 7-feet in diameter and purportedly created from 5 million pieces — and roll it down a hill, Indiana Jones style, into a parked car without doing any damage to the car. Finally, Adam and Jamie use a series of tests with a flexed-up muscle car to test a YouTube posting that says you can make a car tire catch fire if you spin it fast enough and long enough.

The team of 9 brave volunteers for Alaskan Experiment learn some things before they start living on their own.

How to make a snare
If you are surviving in the wilderness, it’s vital to find food. Here’s a simple snare guide that will help out your hunting and trapping skills.

How to skin a rabbit
You’ve hunted and killed a rabbit. But before there’s a camp-wide rabbit feast, you must learn how to skin your dinner.

How to survive a bear attack
Coming across a Grizzly or Brown Bear can be a life-threatening situation. Here’s some tips on how to better your chances of survival.

Image Credit: Drew Nicolello / Discovery Channel

The team of 9 brave volunteers for Alaskan Experiment learn some things before they start living on their own.

How to navigate the wilderness
Getting lost is no fun, especially in the great outdoors. Do you know the basic tools for staying on track?

How to make a traditional Alaskan backpack?
In Alaska they don’t buy backpacks for outdoor adventures, they make their own. Here’s how you can make your own too.

How to make improvised clothing
What happens if your clothes wear out or get wet in the middle of a hiking excursion? Well, you just make new ones. Any idea on how to combine fashion and nature?

Image Credit: Rich Prickett / Discovery Channel

On tonight’s episode of Deadliest Catch, the boats have encountered low crab numbers which has been creating even more tension among the crew. When the fleet wakes up to ominous red dawn skies, the captains speculate that a severe storm is on the way. But with crab quota to catch, the boats keep fishing.

The Time Bandit hits pay dirt, while the Cornelia Marie strikes out. When 20-foot seas and high winds kick up — even the bravest skippers call in their men to wait out the storm. One boat, with 11 souls on board, sends out a Mayday.

In an all too familiar scene, the Coast Guard launches rescue helicopters, and the skippers stay glued to their radios — anxiously awaiting news of the fate of their fellow fishermen.

Read More – Deadliest Catch 5.02 Preview “Red Skies in the Morning”

Captains Sig Hansen & Keith Colburn from Deadliest Catch stop by “Mad Money” to promote season five of “Deadliest Catch” (which began 4/14/09) and to talk about the economics of the Alaskan crab fishing business with Jim Cramer.

The speak about how well the stocks of Red Lobster and other companies are doing. Watch the clip below.