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Quest For The Gold Rush Fortune. In California Rob and Stefan explore a cave, rumoured to house 100 pounds of gold stashed away during the Gold Rush. Can their tech end the mystery.

The life, work and mysterious death of inventor Nikola Tesla. Did he create the first weapon of mass destruction, the 'Death Ray'.

How do they pick, process and can thousands of tonnes of grapefruit? How do they build conveyor belts to carry millions of pieces of luggage every year.

How do they make the world's finest harp strings? How do they build roof windows that can keep out a hurricane? And, How do they make Belgian waffles.

Once thought to be an inevitable disaster, scientists now have the technology to prevent asteroids from hitting the Earth. How are they working to do this.

For four years, the Messenger space probe sent images of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet, closest to the Sun. Could it threaten life on Earth.

Dark History Of The Solar System. The solar system is different to others in the Milky Way, but it hides a violent past. Scientists examine the clues to reveal its secret history.

Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of daring experiments on one of the world's most dangerous and explosive substances: Nitroglycerin.

Adam teams up with actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons: the ZF1 multi-artillery gun from sci-fi film, The Fifth Element.

The statues of Easter Island were built by one of the world's strangest and most isolated civilizations. New evidence reveals why they were constructed.

Egypt's Bent Pyramid is one of the world's most mysterious ancient mega-structures. Was it intended to look so bizarre, or had something gone wrong.

Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe.

The universe's stars are dying faster than new ones are born. Experts investigate the last stars of the cosmos and what a stellar apocalypse means for Earth.

26,000 lightyears away at the heart of the galaxy lies a massive black hole. How can something so far away be studied, and what could it teach scientists.

How do they handcraft Espadrilles shoes? How do they make prefabricated houses? How they store priceless documents to keep them safe for hundreds of years.

How do they harvest and process the world's toughest and most expensive nut? How do they turn lake water into tap water? How do they hold back fans at gigs.

How do they build the biggest apartment block on the planet? How do they make the classic British boot? How do they make cooking pans last a lifetime.

How do they craft a classic Indian instrument, the Sitar? How do they make beef biltong? Plus, how do they build monster bulldozers.

How do they fashion the Fedora hat? How do they make the cement that builds the world? How do they harvest and freeze millions of peas in under three hours.

How do they turn goat fleeces into fabrics? How do they build a quad bike that turns into a jet-ski? How do they create the harp.

A team of specialists, armed with the latest technology, try to locate the fabled bigfoot. The start of their search takes them to the forests of Oregon.

Did You Hear That? With a team member down, Russell and Mireya must forge ahead to hunt down leads. Their investigations uncover the first pieces of potential Bigfoot evidence.