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July 12, 2011
A gaggle of geese float down the Colorado River and onto a giant, man-made wave! Are they surfing or just trying to survive (or maybe a little bit of both)? Jorge Ribas gets the answer.
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July 12, 2011
Four years after being paralyzed in a car accident, UC Berkeley graduate Austin Whitney was able to walk again thanks to a new robotic exoskeleton. Jorge Ribas finds out how it works.
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July 12, 2011
It might not be the most appealing way to find out if an animal is pregnant, but analyzing animal feces is definitely the least invasive. And at the Smithsonian Conservation Biological Institute, ...
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July 12, 2011
The newest Transformers movie features an extreme sport called wingsuit flying. To learn more about this form of human flight, Martin Berman talks to a pro who’s been jumping off cliffs for years.
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July 12, 2011
The Red Jacket team takes the swivel gun out for a round of test firing on a traditional boat mount.
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July 12, 2011
A curious baby gets a look inside a lion’s mouth, with a thick piece of glass safely separating them. But was the lioness really looking for a snack, or just being playful? Jorge Ribas finds out.
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July 12, 2011
BMX rider Jed Mildon completed the world’s first triple backflip on his bike, seemingly defying the laws of gravity in the process. Martin Berman talks to Mildon to find out how he prepared ...
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July 12, 2011
Hundreds of adventure seekers descended on Lithuania’s capital for the 3rd annual Vilnius Challenge. Discovery News producer Christina Reed competed in the event, which featured kayaking, biking, ...
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July 12, 2011
The Red Jacket team test fires the 15-tube rocket launcher — built with an original Katyusha launcher -- which will be used to combat Somail pirates.
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July 12, 2011
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute doubles as a center for troubled cranes, and researchers hope their breeding efforts could help the massive birds avoid extinction. Jorge Ribas ...
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July 12, 2011
Will and Chris get the chance to fire a Confederate cannon that’s been silent for 150 years.
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July 12, 2011
A rare 100-year-old Maxim machine gun worth $150,000 comes into the Red Jacket shop for restoration.
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July 12, 2011
The Baton Rouge sheriff and his SWAT team are blown away by the customized Tommy Gun.
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July 12, 2011
Will and the Red Jacket team take the remote controlled machine gun out for a live fire test on the firing range.
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June 30, 2011
Watch as Keith Barry deceives ordinary people into revealing their deepest secrets.
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June 30, 2011
To help thin out the rattlesnake population and make money on the venom, Robbie and Stephen team up to catch Western Diamondbacks on the Texas grasslands.
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June 30, 2011
To create the ceiling for London’s new Olympic Aquatic Stadium, crews install 37,000 custom-manufactured pieces of Brazilian lumber.
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June 30, 2011
In order to bring more commuters to midtown New York, engineers need to almost double the size of Grand Central Station. In a crowded city like NYC, the only option is to build down instead of up.
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June 30, 2011
Danny Forster sees firsthand how some sections of rock in NYC’s underground transit tunnels are literally falling to pieces.
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June 30, 2011
On a routine job cleaning out snakes in a storage room, Robbie is impressed with Stephen’s progress in learning basic snake identification.
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