Super massive black holes
What exactly is a black hole and could they provide the key to moving around the universe?
Brand new to Discovery, How the Universe Works (UK - Mondays at 9pm - Discovery Channel) documents the greatest story ever told - the creation of everything.
Brand new to Discovery, How the Universe Works (UK - Mondays at 9pm - Discovery Channel) documents the greatest story ever told - the creation of everything.
James Cracknell takes on America
James Cracknell is one of Britain’s most successful athletes of all time, with two Olympic Golds and six World Championship titles. His Olympic rowing finals - in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 - were epic battles, won by inches, that have gone down in history as two of the world's most watched sporting contests.
Now, the double gold-medal winning Olympian James Cracknell is taking on his greatest challenge yet
Now, the double gold-medal winning Olympian James Cracknell is taking on his greatest challenge yet
What to watch this weekend
We've hand-picked the best of our weekend shows so you'll know what not to miss on Discovery Channel this weekend.
Elephant Rampage
Has our intrepid venom hunter met his match in the shape of a teenage hormonal elephant on the rampage?
Our top pick from today's programmes is Episode 2 of Venom Hunter with Donald Schultz.
Watch our preview clip from tonight's episode and find out more below
Our top pick from today's programmes is Episode 2 of Venom Hunter with Donald Schultz.
Watch our preview clip from tonight's episode and find out more below
Genetic test 'to predict origins'
Researchers have found that DNA analysis can predict the origins of rural people to within five miles of their family's home, a discovery that could help find the roots of city dwellers who have ancestors within their country.
A team - led by Jim Wilson - from the University of Edinburgh studied the genes of people whose four grandparents came from the same village in Scotland, Croatia or Italy. None of the volunteers were related to each other.
The results showed that by studying genetic differences, individuals who live in villages that are only five miles apart could be distinguished from each other.
A team - led by Jim Wilson - from the University of Edinburgh studied the genes of people whose four grandparents came from the same village in Scotland, Croatia or Italy. None of the volunteers were related to each other.
The results showed that by studying genetic differences, individuals who live in villages that are only five miles apart could be distinguished from each other.
How Do They Do It? - You Pick
How Do They Do It? has been opening up factory doors to the viewing public for seven series, and we've just commissioned an eighth.
So far the producers of the show have had all the fun in picking what they believe would be interesting to know about, but now it's your turn!
We want to know what YOU want to know
So far the producers of the show have had all the fun in picking what they believe would be interesting to know about, but now it's your turn!
We want to know what YOU want to know
Unfair Games in India?
Up to 150,0000 labourers working to prepare Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games could be left jobless and homeless once the sporting festivities are over, according to ActionAid
University approves giant telescope
Plans to construct the world's largest telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea have been approved by the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.
The Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) is expected to help astronomers observe stars and galaxies up to 13 billion light years away and solve some of the mysteries of the early universe.
Its 100-ft long segmented primary mirror will provide nine times the collecting area and three times the resolution of the largest optical telescopes currently in use.
The Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) is expected to help astronomers observe stars and galaxies up to 13 billion light years away and solve some of the mysteries of the early universe.
Its 100-ft long segmented primary mirror will provide nine times the collecting area and three times the resolution of the largest optical telescopes currently in use.