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| Launched | 1999 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Silver Spring, MD, U.S. |
| Sister channel(s) | Discovery Networks |
| Website | Official Site |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 284 |
| Dish Network | Channel 193 |
| C-Band | AMC 11-Channel 612 (4DTV Digital) |
| Cable | |
| Available on many cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
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History
Launched in 1999 and originally named Discovery Science, its name changed to The Science Channel in 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A complete "makeover" took place in April 2003, airing newer and more up-to-date television programming. A makeover is a term applied to changing one's appearance, sometimes through Cosmetics.
In December 2007, Science Channel has changed its logo to an orange element box from the Periodical Table of Elements.
Science Channel also has a high definition simulcast, Science Channel HD, that launched September 1, 2007. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition
International versions of Science Channel are transmitted in South East Asia, Europe, and Australia as Discovery Science. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Programming
Science Channel broadcasts a number of science-related television series and films originally produced by or aired on The Discovery Channel, e. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and g. Beyond Tomorrow, among some others. There have also been a few television programs produced for The Science Channel, such as MegaScience and What The Ancients Knew. MegaScience is a 2000s Science Channel documentary Television series about scientific topics Programs from other Discovery Networks, PBS and the BBC are either regularly or occasionally aired. Discovery Communications LLC (DCL is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985 The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Television series produced in the 1990's, e. g. Discover Magazine, and Understanding, can be viewed on weekdays. Discover is a Science magazine that publishes articles about Science for a general audience
Series
A selected list of some series aired on Science Channel:
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Building the Ultimate
- Cosmos
- Discover Magazine (TV series)
- How It's Made
- How Do They Do It?
- Invention Nation
- It's All Geek to Me
- Junkyard Wars
- Patent Bending
- Understanding
- Universe (with John Hurt Narrating)
- Ecotech
- Extreme Engineering
- Extreme Machines
- Raging Planet
- Survivorman
Films and Miniseries
- Base Camp: Moon: Returning to the moon, harvesting moon dust for oxygen/water, robotics (Robonaut). Beyond Tomorrow is an Australian television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. Cosmos A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan Discover Magazine is a 1996 - 2000 Documentary television series that airs on The Science Channel. How It's Made is a television program produced in Quebec, Canada by Productions MAJ Inc How Do They Do It? is a programme co-produced by Wag TV and Rocket Surgery Productions It's All Geek to Me is a television program created and hosted by David Pogue that is broadcast on HD Theater and Science Channel. Extreme Engineering is a documentary Television series aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel which features Survivorman is a Canadian-produced television program broadcast in Canada on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN and in the United States and internationally Robonaut is a joint DARPA &ndash NASA project designed to create a Humanoid Robot which can function as an equivalent to humans during Extra-vehicular
- Hawking: About the early work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Theoretical physics employs Mathematical models and Abstractions of Physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942 is a British theoretical physicist.
- Tank On The Moon: Concetrates on Russian attempts to launch an unmanned rover to the Moon before Neil Armstrong went there. Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5 1930 is a former American Astronaut, Test pilot, University Professor, and United States
- Prophets Of Science Fiction: About the greatest sci-fi authors of all times.
- Science Of Star Wars"':Explains that the cutting edge technology of Star Wars might useful and possible to invent in real life. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded
- Futurecar: See the latest technology of today that's about to be used to create cars in the future.
- Perfect Disaster: Predicting violent natural disasters that could happen in the near future. Perfect Disaster was a 2006 Discovery Channel mini-series depicting the Worst-case scenario major cities A natural disaster is the consequence of a Natural hazard (eg
- What The Ancients Knew:Truly innovative inventions of the ancient world.
See also
External links
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