Wild Rides

We're counting down the biggest over achievers on the web, individuals whose dedication make them the best of the best. We'll learn how to bungee jump while playing the bagpipes, use a robot to shoot hoops, and drive vertically up a cliff face.

The Black Pearl is one of the largest and fastest sailing yachts in the world, and using cutting-edge innovations in shipbuilding and engineering, its crew puts this brand-new $200 million vessel through the gauntlet to test its unique capabilities.

Mysterious tomb carvings provide dark evidence that ancient Egyptians practiced cannibalism, but we don't know why. New discoveries might finally answer this ancient mystery, and experts use modern-day tech to reveal more of Egypt's darkest secrets.

The Crocodile Queen was Egypt's first female pharaoh, but we don't who she was and why she took this sinister alter-ego. New discoveries might answer this ancient mystery, and experts use modern-day tech to reveal more of Egypt's darkest secrets.

New discoveries reveal if there is indeed a curse at King Tut's tomb, which is said to have killed nine people. The latest science might finally answer this ancient mystery and experts use modern tech to investigate more of Egypt's darkest secrets.

What would happen if we got a message from space? How would we react? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact of this world changing event, forming an intriguing hypothetical scenario

How will humans react when an alien spacecraft is on its way to Earth? Will humans learn from aliens, or become colonial subjects? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact.

The Arrival has ended. A swarm of small spacecraft depart their huge mothership, and hover in our atmosphere. The ships open their hatches, and deposit thousands of mysterious pods on the earth’s surface. Are they a message, a gift or a weapon?

A mothership the size of Texas is hovering over Earth and we're tired of waiting. We send a rover to explore, and what we find makes us question the definition of life. On Earth, the pods multiply, making contact with them unavoidable.

Go beneath the surface to understand forest fires, car exhaust, and the space station.

Discover the secrets behind the family car, titanium, and letters.

Find out the secrets behind nuclear subs, crash test dummies, and growing fruits and vegetables.

Discover how land mines are placed, how air boats work and how car warehouses work.

Discover the science behind black boxes, steam turbines, and racing cars.

Discover the secrets behind jet engines, weapons, and telescopes.

Follow the production process of aluminum foil, snowboards, soft polymer contact lenses and bread and find out how each of these items is made.