Discovery Channel’s SMASH LAB returns for its second season beginning Tuesday, August 5th. The episodes will air on Tuesday nights at 10PM ET/PT.
For those of you that are SMASH LAB virgins, its kinda similar to Mythbusters in that the each week the crew members spend alot of time testing and breaking things. But the real deal about the show is that they try to come up with better solutions to issues by tackling engineering problems that could have everyday applications.
Image Source: Discovery Channel – Michael McDermott

Science Network’s show, How Its Made, which airs on the network Tuesdays-Fridays at 7PM ET/PT shows the viewers how everyday things are made.
This episode of How its Made originally aired on February 22 2008 and shows how globes are made from scratch.

Science Network’s show, How Its Made, which airs on the network Tuesdays-Fridays at 7PM ET/PTshows the viewers how everyday things are made.
This episode of How its Made originally aired on February 21, 2008 and shows how chainsaws are made from scratch.

The premier episode of João Magueijo’s “Big Bang” aired on the Science Network on Tuesday, May 27th. The documentary presents what I have been calling the highly controversial views on cosmology and from João Magueijo’s perspective. On April 18th, I wrote on of my original postings on the show and have to date received 27 comments in this topic alone.
If you’re an avid reader or television watcher, I’m sure you frequent the New York Times website from time to time to see what kinds of reviews books or programs often receive. Well, Big Bang did not do so favorable. Check …read more

The premier episode of Discovery Channel’s Some Assembly Required, which aired back on January 8, 2008 at 10PM ET/PT featured the making of a Wes Paul/Gibson Guitaras well as how the make Burts Bee’s Lip Balm.
The show is hosted by Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield and they explore how things are made and manufactured. The visit the home of the Burts Bee’s Lip Balm factory. The Burts factory is in North Carolina where the make about 16,000 tubes of lip balm each day.
Before they start making the lip balm, the hosts vists a bee hive in Smithville, North Carolina where …read more

 
Discovery Channel’s Some Assembly Required, which aired back on January 8, 2008 at 10PM ET/PT is hosted by Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield and they explore how things are made and manufactured.
EPISODE 1
What puts the bounce in a moonbounce? Hosts Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield learn how to design and sew with experts from the premier manufacturer, Magic Jump.  Next, the duo gets an ice resurfacing lesson from the folks at Zamboni, the king of the rink.  Finally, at the VIWINCO factory, Brian and Lou turn a pile of sand into pristine plate-glass windows that can withstand hurricane-force winds.
Premiere: Dec. …read more

The Mythbusters: Lead Balloon episode originally aired on Discovery Channel on January 23rd. The episode featured two myths:
1. a lead balloon can fly
2. you can surf on a wave generated by explosives.
With the lead balloon myth, the tested the statement “going down like a lead balloon”. Basically, the first step was to determine if you could actually make a balloon out of lead. Adam and Jamie first began the testing experiments to see what materials they could make balloons out of. They made balloons out of tinfoil, which is about 6x lighter than lead. It pretty much didn’t work, and …read more

Ever wonder how things are made? Discovery Channel’s  show, How Its Made, airs on Tuesdays-Fridays at 7PM ET/PT takes a look at how everyday objects are made. Its similar to the other Discovery show Some Assembly Required, and I can’t tell the difference between the two just yet.
Some of the episodes will feature how things are made such as chain saws, globs (for science classes), and the pin ball machine. Watch the clip below as you learn how to make a pinball machine.

In the Mythbusters episode where the test the shooting fish in a barrel myth they also tested to see if your mouth is on fire do the various remedies that we know of actually work.
Grant, Kari and Tory are the test cases for this hypothesis and they test various remedies for a spicy mouth attack. Some of the things they test were also contributed by fans so you know they were GROSS!!
Kari starts this one out by making a jalapeno puree for Grant and a habanera one for Tory. The test will use whole-fat milk as the control.
The test has …read more

Who would the Mythbusters be if they didn’t have their hand in Discovery Channel’s Alaska Week Special episodes. Well they did it again but this time to a level that I never thought they would take it. This episode features a dog, a moose and some sleep deprived guinea pigs.
Myth 1: Dynamite Dog
Adam and Jaime are tasked to test the myth about the fisherman who decided to blast through the ice of Alaska using dynamite. He of course forgets about his dog, a golden retriever, who fetches back the dynamite.
Myth 2: Moose steps out in front of a speeding car
Grant, …read more