We are obsessed with flavor, yet taste is the most overlooked sense. Surprising new discoveries are changing our understanding of taste, and how it has evolved to keep us alive.
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The M203 Grenade Launcher is a single shot launcher designed to attach under a rifle barrel. Using the latest technology, bits of plastic and a block of aluminum will be melted, molded, and cut to create a snap-on weapon that increases the firepower in a soldier's hands by a long shot.
In the 1980s, El Salvador and Nicaragua were fighting vicious civil wars that claimed killed at least 100,000, saw 8000 people disappear, and left hundreds of thousands displaced. Still spearheading a global fight against communism, the US engaged.
We're in Scotland for Unmanned Warrior, the key international military exercise using unmanned underwater, surface and airborne vehicles. We visit the Italian textile manufacturer who's kitting from a revolutionary new form of wool.
With an increasing terrorist threat to ports and shipping, the Swedish manufacturer SAAB has developed the Sea Wasp, an under-water robot for detecting explosive devices.
We visit NATO's Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation in La Spezia, Italy. We learn how the world's oceans are one of the last places that military technology can be hidden from prying eyes.
We reveal an experimental sensor, monitoring and targeting system developed for troops by the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Roke Manor Research. The iXblue Marins navigation black box guides navy ships.
A battle tank is only as effective as its gun, and for the Stryker vehicle, that's the M68 105mm cannon. A tube of forged steel will be hammered into the one of the most powerful and famous cannons in modern warfare.
At the Cabot factory in Pennsylvania, USA, a block of steel will be transformed by innovation and artistry into the ultimate update of an American classic. The 1911 did tours of duty in both world wars and Vietnam, and is still prized today by collectors and enthusiasts.
When a series of delicate snowflake shaped sheets of Aramid are pressed together, they'll form a piece of headgear that's comfortable enough to wear to war, and tough enough to take a bullet.
When a steel plated hull is fitted with controls on the inside and tracks on the outside, it'll become the Viking BVS10 –an armoured amphibious personnel carrier that can get troops in and out of any combat zone, even if it has to go through snow, sand, or water to get there.
We are obsessed with flavor, yet taste is the most overlooked sense. Surprising new discoveries are changing our understanding of taste, and how it has evolved to keep us alive.
The face of baseball is rapidly changing. The next generation of major league stars are using cutting-edge science and technology to drive their performance to unprecedented heights.
65 million years ago, an immense space rock slammed into Earth, creating the equivalent of nuclear winter, killing all of the dinosaurs.
Droves have already conquered Earth, and now they're heading out into the solar system. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity is proving to be successful and will pave the way for Dragonfly, a future daring mission to Titan.
Uncover the secrets of what it takes to make up to 5 million cakes a day, including French Fancies, Angel Slices and Bramley Apple Pies. Meet the engineers who keep the machines running 24/7, the workers making all the cakes, and the operators who spend their days with state-of-the-art robots.
From making fresh spaghetti and mixing the top-secret ingredients for sauce, to giant automated cranes and the latest robots, join today's Heinz factory workers alongside tomorrow's machines, making cans of household favourites.
The McVitie's factory in Carlisle, Cumbria, opens its doors to reveal how millions of the nation's favourite biscuits are made, 24 hours a day, in one of Britain's biggest factories and oldest biscuit factory in the world.
Take a look at the history of creating stronger, faster and more powerful military aircraft.
A fascinating look at the radical concepts and innovative ideas that are making trains faster, safer and ever more futuristic.
Explore the high tech, high-speed world of car and bike racing.
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