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Two cosmonauts fight for their lives, trapped inside a capsule in a frozen lake. NASA astronomers are spooked when the full moon affects their experiments.

Did Earth Have Two Moons? A startling discovery suggests the hellish clouds of Venus may be the origin of life on Earth. Plus, did the Earth once have two moons.

Is Privacy Dead? Humans now live under a global surveillance system that solves crime and uncovers terrorist plots. What impact does this security have on privacy.

Can We Cheat Death? Scientists are learning the mechanisms of aging and getting closer to a world where death is curable. Are humans about to enter a new age of immortality.

Is Gun Crime A Virus? Every 17 minutes, someone is killed with a gun. Is this an epidemic that scientists can cure.

When Pompeii was destroyed by an apocalyptic volcano, another town was destroyed, too - Herculaneum. It is one of history's most perfectly preserved towns.

The Roman Empire built Hadrian's Wall to guard its frontiers: new discoveries reveal who the Romans were trying to keep out with this 72-mile-long megastructure.

Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries of the universe facing scientists today. Could it be the cause of supermassive black holes and mass extinctions.

Astronomers have discovered bizarre planets very different to Earth out in the galaxy, but will we ever locate a planet similar to our own.

A Missouri man who claims UFOs are stalking him contacts Chuck and the team for help. Their investigation uncovers a dark secret which may explain this reported activity.

Why was Las Vegas a Nazi target for wartime sabotage, a test ground for Atomic Bombs, and a meeting place for 9/11's terrorists.

From the rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to the plots to steal the secrets to the nation's weapons of war, the American Nazis terrorised the USA in the 1930s.

Archaeological investigations unearth the secrets of the long-lost city. New evidence reveals what Babylon looked like and what caused its downfall.

Hidden Secrets Of The Twin Towers. The World Trade Centre's iconic twin towers were an engineering marvel. Experts use pioneering technology to examine their secret history.

A probe mysteriously malfunctions as it enters deep space. Astronomers find evidence of an invisible planet in a distant solar system.

A malfunction on the ISS could poison its crew with a deadly gas. A startling image taken by a NASA probe points to evidence that life could exist on Mars.

Jupiter is hotter than it should be, and scientists are baffled. There's a strange discovery on Mars and detectives ask for NASA's help on a murder cold case.

How do they blow the world's finest crystal, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup.

How do they turn Sheffield steel into a carpenter's handsaw, make a microphone that can pick up a whisper, and safely steer through a frozen river.

How do they mine one of the rarest gemstones in the world, craft the classic cowboy boot, and build a road sweeper that can pick up seven tonnes of trash.

How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands.

How do they build a diesel engine that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into bank notes, and whip up ice cream flavours.

How do they turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets? Plus, how do they carve the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock.

Justin braves the turbulent North Sea as he goes inside an offshore wind turbine to see how engineers are fixing a fault that could cause these structures to fall into the sea.

Justin's in for a bumpy ride as he investigates gigantic potholes in Louisiana. Later, he heads to London to get a sneak preview of London's vast Crossrail project.

Tory Belleci and Streetbike Tommy check out one of the world's largest fireworks companies to reveal the explosive secrets of its pyrotechnics experts.