Bringing down a massive steel structure in Vancouver will take over 108 shaped charges. Can it be bought down without damaging an active paper mill plant just six yards away?
All is in readiness to take down the old Calthorpe House in Birmingham, England with its massive concrete columns, but the blasters have to watch out for a major gas line.
Dr. Braden Lusk does a walk through with a Scottish team using this special blasting tool that cuts like a precision scalpel at 22,000 feet per second.
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.
Discovery News says goodbye to 2010 with a rundown of our top 10 grossest, coolest and weirdest videos: Everything from screaming tadpoles and flying snakes to fire tornados and glowing lava pools.
Social media websites, online gaming, and ubiquitous mobile technology: Who's to say we're not already living in a virtual landscape like the one depicted in Tron: Legacy? Jorge Ribas talks to the film's cast and crew to get their take.
The rubber stress ball on your desk could usher in the next generation of robotic grippers. Researchers have built a gripper using a rubber membrane filled with everyday materials that can pick up anything from an egg to a glass of water.
Rather than relying on classic 3-D tricks to make the audience jump, Avatar director James Cameron wanted to use the technology to give depth to the world he created. Jorge Ribas finds out how the camera works.
Solar power can be complicated, but Solar Decathlon director Richard King gives Discovery News the lowdown on the three ways anyone can tap the sun's energy.
Biologist J. Craig Venter helped crack the human genome. His next goal: create life. Jorge Ribas talks to him about the promise and perils of synthetic biology.
Maryland Blue Crab populations are dwindling and researchers are trying to find ways to replenish the stock. Kasey-Dee Gardner learns about technology being use to do just that.