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Topics covered include mine detecting 'Hero Rats'; customizing low rider cars to bounce; Hurricane Irma; flying replicas of 1894 gliders; digital light display in San Fransisco celebrating the Summer of Love 50 years ago; a look at the 40 year mission of the Voyager probes; trying to blow a human sized glass cocoon; robotic desk lamps; the Pup pocket scanner; wearable brain trainer for eGamers and a mermaid/man convention.

Topics covered include Royal Canadian Navy divers training for scuba related medical emergencies; airbags vs watermelons coated in Line X; HD aerial pictures to produce high resolution 3D maps; Hurricane Irma in 3D; 10 Things U Need 2 Know list; Disney Magic Bench; Shredmate tracking for bikers; deep sea exploration off Australia; shark social groups; IVO, the robotic driver that turns any vehicle into an autonomous vehicle; tool making/using birds and a look at Blood Falls in Antarctica.

Topics covered include Hurricane Irma & Hurricane 101; SpaceX latest secret launch; a drone that can both travel underwater then launch into aerial flight; Aerialist Erendira Wallenda performs stunts suspended from a helicopter; improved facial recognition software; making cell batteries safer; Bognor Birdman competition; Microsoft Imagine Cup; natural animal bling; chasing turbulent; and more

On-location at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

On-location at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

On-location at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

On-location at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

On-location at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

It's the inventive spirit that keeps our world moving forward, our society inspired, and our lives full of meaning. For Invent This! Week, Daily Planet travels the globe and takes you inside both top-secret labs and busted up garages – because innovation comes from everywhere. From mega projects to backyard D-I-Y creations, this week is overflowing with ingenuity and creative audacity. Get ready to meet the individuals brave enough to turn their wild ideas into reality no matter what it takes.

It's the inventive spirit that keeps our world moving forward, our society inspired, and our lives full of meaning. For Invent This! Week, Daily Planet travels the globe and takes you inside both top-secret labs and busted up garages – because innovation comes from everywhere. From mega projects to backyard D-I-Y creations, this week is overflowing with ingenuity and creative audacity. Get ready to meet the individuals brave enough to turn their wild ideas into reality no matter what it takes.

It's the inventive spirit that keeps our world moving forward, our society inspired, and our lives full of meaning. For Invent This! Week, Daily Planet travels the globe and takes you inside both top-secret labs and busted up garages – because innovation comes from everywhere. From mega projects to backyard D-I-Y creations, this week is overflowing with ingenuity and creative audacity. Get ready to meet the individuals brave enough to turn their wild ideas into reality no matter what it takes.

It's the inventive spirit that keeps our world moving forward, our society inspired, and our lives full of meaning. For Invent This! Week, Daily Planet travels the globe and takes you inside both top-secret labs and busted up garages – because innovation comes from everywhere. From mega projects to backyard D-I-Y creations, this week is overflowing with ingenuity and creative audacity. Get ready to meet the individuals brave enough to turn their wild ideas into reality no matter what it takes.

It's the inventive spirit that keeps our world moving forward, our society inspired, and our lives full of meaning. For Invent This! Week, Daily Planet travels the globe and takes you inside both top-secret labs and busted up garages – because innovation comes from everywhere. From mega projects to backyard D-I-Y creations, this week is overflowing with ingenuity and creative audacity. Get ready to meet the individuals brave enough to turn their wild ideas into reality no matter what it takes.

Topics covered include drone battles in the "Aerial Sports League"; a robotic skier; the "Scorpion 3", a flying motorcycle; an ant species that looks after their wounded; electric slime demonstrations; penguin valentines; Top 10 Extreme Adventures; NASA at the Olympics; Ziology romance; and paralyzed race driver drives again.

"Bigger is better". At this point, the saying is a bit cliché, but Daily Planet is embracing it, and living life on a truly massive scale. We've tracked down the most over-the-top, gargantuan things you can imagine - like an eight and a half metre long golf club. You'll want to be there when we yell, "fore!" But this week isn't all fun and games. Daily Planet will also take you to Africa where 500 elephants are on the move. The survival of the species is on the line and in your hands. From monster-sized spectacles to scaled-up experiments, prepare to be left speechless with the enormity of what we've found.

Let's cast an eye to the future. It's a magical place where the skies are filled with flying taxis and reusable rockets. Meanwhile, on ground level, the roads have been taken over by driverless-cars and high-speed transport trucks. But if that's still too much traffic for you, drop down a little lower – and hitch a ride on a conveyor belt built by tech billionaire, Elon Musk. If you're going to be driving, flying or kicking back in it, Daily Planet will let you take it for a test drive – decades before anyone else.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

A daily magazine show that delivers a fascinating mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists that bring science stories to life.

Does paranormal life exist on Earth? How is the dreaded urinal splash-back prevented? How is the perfect beer poured? Spoiler alert…get a martini glass! No mystery is too big or too weird for Discovery's flagship program. From using the latest technology to unwrap a mummy and exploring beneath a site older than Stonehenge, viewers are invited on a whirlwind mission to solve the greatest mysteries of all time.

Researchers from the University of Maryland developed a new military vehicle shock absorbing device that may protect soldiers against traumatic brain injury due to exposure to blasts caused by land mines. How Did Lionfish Get in our Waters? Going on a hunt with the Lionfish Extraordinaire!