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The Dakota Boys Battle Mother Nature in Gold Rush: White Water

Gold Rush: White Water on the Verge of Finding Gold

Welcome to the Biggest Street Race in History

Here's a Rundown of Each Team Competing in STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA

Welcome to Wyoming

Happy Hour With Josh Gates

Gold Fevers Run High with the Return of Gold Rush

The Gold Rush Miners Must Make Up For Lost Gold

Alaskan Bush People's Bear and Raiven are Back Together

Alaska: The Last Frontier Returns for a Landmark 10th Season
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DNews

California Wildfires: The Aftermath

California Wildfires: Calm After the Burn

COVID-19 Vaccine Development Threatens Shark Populations

Orcas Earn Their Killer Nickname in Brutal Attacks on Sharks

How to Help Save the World’s Endangered Rhinos

5 Ways YOU Can Save the Rhinos

Condors are Missing in California’s Wildfire Blaze

Could our Outdoors be Saved by the Unlikeliest Source?

Catching a Glimpse of Comet NEOWISE, a Once in a Lifetime Moment

New Study Reveals True Size of Megalodon
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Nature

Insects and Arachnids are Good for the Planet

Wolves Work Hard to Help Our Ecosystem

What Are Wolves Really Howling At?

How Do Owls Turn Their Heads All the Way Around?

Batty for Bats

Time is Running Out for Maple Trees

The 2020 Fat Bear Week Champion has been Crowned

Fat Bears Take Over Alaska in 2020

California Wildfires: The Aftermath

California Wildfires: Calm After the Burn
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Exploration

Amazing Views From and Around Mount Everest

6 Eerie Manmade Mysteries in the US

Lia Ditton Completes her Record Breaking Row

Meet the First 6 Awardees of The Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grant Program

Zen and the Art of Shark Diving

The World's 7 Scariest Drives

7 Places for the World's Best Stargazing

Tour Paris by Photograph

5 Wonders You Probably Didn't Know Were Man-Made

Aztec Secrets Unearthed in New Science Channel Special
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Space

There’s Gold in Them Thar... Asteroids?

Expedition 63 to Return Home on October 21

The Nobel Prize Fell Into a Black Hole (and That’s a Good Thing)

Expedition 64 to Launch on October 14

World Space Week: Satellites Improve Life

The End of the Universe: The Fall of Light

October: What's New In Space Exploration This Month?

Why We Love Astronomy

How Stars Die: The Big Ones

Celebrating 20 Years of Food in Space on the ISS
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Science

Oil Spill Clean Up: Boom or Bust for Slicks at Sea

Climate Change: Too Hot for Humans to Handle?

Prince William Joins TED to Fight Climate Change

Survival Chemistry: The Ingredients for Life on Earth

Geothermal Power: Heat and Light from Below the Earth

How Stars Die: The Big Ones

Counting Fish: Making Sealife Sustainable for Future Generations

Solar-Powered Desalination: Cleaner Water Through Sunlight

The Bacteria Library: One Hundred Years of Infectious Bugs

Disease Hotspots: Climate Change and its Impact on Epidemics
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Motor

The DMC DeLorean: The Car Behind The Madness

The DMC DeLorean: Photos of the Hollywood Icon

Hydrogen Power: Moving the World into Clean Energy

Tune-Up Your Engines, American Chopper Returns August 4th

Most Remarkable Cars from Motor Monday

Safety Updates for Classic Cars

Jesse James Returns to Discovery in an All New Season of Monster Garage

Mods for Beginners

Carroll Shelby: The Man Who Raced Against Ferrari with a Ford

Classic Chevys
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Season 2, Episode 6

Lightning Strikes and Tongue Piercing

Jaime Hyneman and Adam Savage try to make a working cannon from a tree and then see if Adam's tongue piercing can withstand the force of a lightning bolt. Also, they put the Breathalyzer to the test.
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