Discovery of new caves and their exploration still continues.

In addition, Portugal has three Discovery-branded channels: Discovery Turbo ( motorsports ), Discovery Science ( science and technology ) and Discovery Civilization ( ancient history, crimes, terrorist attacks, etc .).

* Discovery Channel's Mythbusters often conduct experimental archaeology to test the capability of mythical ancient weapons including Archimedes ' death ray, and the tree cannon, as well as testing the capabilities of known weapons including the hwacha and the effects of cannon balls and splintering.

The Discovery Channel program MythBusters determined that it was indeed plausible for ancient people to have used the terracotta jars for electroplating or electrostimulation.

What disaster struck the Discovery during those seventeen months??

In addition to maintaining the Discovery One spacecraft systems during the interplanetary mission to Jupiter, HAL is capable of speech, speech recognition, facial recognition, natural language processing, lip reading, art appreciation, interpreting and reproducing emotional behaviours, reasoning, and playing chess.

Macau was a barren fishing village with a population of about 400 before the Portuguese arrived in the 16th century, during the Age of Discovery.

A Discovery Channel TV documentary titled, Undercover: Operation Harvest King, which documents Mark Whitacre's role in the ADM price fixing case aired several times during 2009 and 2010, where Discovery Channel interviewed the three FBI agents who handled the Mark Whitacre / ADM case ( i. e., Dean Paisley, Brian Shepard and Robert Herndon ), along with Mark and Ginger Whitacre.

Space Shuttle Discovery ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103 ) is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States, and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133 on March 9, 2011.

The spacecraft takes its name from four British ships of exploration named Discovery, primarily HMS Discovery, one of the ships commanded by Captain James Cook during his third and final major voyage from 1776 to 1779.

Discovery also carried Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was 77 at the time, back into space during STS-95 on October 29, 1998, making him the oldest person to go into space.

Structural spares built during the construction of Discovery and Atlantis, two of the previous shuttles, were used in its assembly.

A live downlink between the Metrodome and Discovery happened during the pregame show.

Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches the International Space Station during STS-114 on July 28, 2005

In the 15th and 16th centuries, it ascended to the status of a world power during Europe's " Age of Discovery " as it built up a vast empire including possessions in South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Bylot was first mate on Henry Hudson's ship Discovery, during Hudson's 1610-1611 expedition into what is now known as Hudson Bay.

This occurred, for example, during Magellan's famous journeys around the world, resulting in the killing of one mutineer, the execution of another and the marooning of others, and on Henry Hudson's Discovery, resulting in Hudson and others being set adrift in a boat.

Bondar flew on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22 – 30, 1992, during which she performed experiments in the Spacelab.

The first European to see the Juneau area was Joseph Whidbey, master of the Discovery during George Vancouver ’ s 1791-95 expedition, who explored the region in July – August 1794.

On August 27, 1985 Discovery was again used to launch Leasat F4, and during the same mission ( STS-51-I ) captured and repaired F3.

Ford was the pilot for the Space Shuttle Discovery during its August 2009 flight.

Discovery of natural gas and oil in the area during the 1970s lead to significant growth for the village ; however, the growth has since subsided.

Discovery of the Wanette-Asher oil field aided the economy during the 1930s, but did not prevent a population decline.

The Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center opened in 2001 with the permanent exhibit America: Through Immigrant Eyes, which tells the story of immigration to the area during the Industrial Revolution.

Cáceres flourished during the Reconquista and the Discovery of America, as influential Spanish families and nobles built homes and small palaces there, and many members of families from Extremadura participated in voyages to America where they made their fortunes.

The term entered historical records during European colonialism and the Age of Discovery, but societies such as China and Japan also had restrictions on marrying with peoples they considered to be of a different race.

In the U. S., the programming for the main Discovery network is primarily focused on reality television themes, such as speculative investigation ( with shows such as MythBusters, Unsolved History, and Best Evidence ), automobiles, and occupations ( Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch ); it also features documentaries specifically aimed at families and younger audiences.

The Discovery Channel series Blueprint for Disaster documented the events of the fire and subsequent investigation, labeling it the Hong Kong Inferno.

* The investigation and arrest of Cary Stayner was featured in an episode of FBI: Criminal Pursuit, titled " Trail of Terror ", airing on the Investigation Discovery channel.

Following a biosafety overview, students take a tour of Seattle BioMed, learning about infectious disease research directly from Seattle BioMed's scientists and complete their global health exploration with a hands-on lab investigation in the Discovery lab.

Discovery of the hydrothermal vents in the eastern Pacific Ocean was quickly followed by the discovery and description of new vestimentiferan tubeworm species.

Discovery of significant dinosaur and other pre-historic remains on the eastern edge of the county caused nationwide interest, which culminated in establishment of Dinosaur National Monument.

The Bottleworks Ethnic Arts Center, ART WORKS, and the Heritage Discovery Center are located in the historic Cambria City section of town, which boasts a variety of eastern European ethnic churches and social halls.

The Kancamagus Highway was closed from the Sabbaday Falls picnic area across Kancamagus Pass to the Discovery Trail parking area in the eastern part of Lincoln.

After the Discovery Bridge on the eastern portion of Route 370 opened in 1992, the portions of Route 115 west of Lambert Airport were deleted.

Challenger itself was replaced by the, which first launched in May 1992 and was constructed from structural spares that had been ordered by NASA as part of the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis.

* On April 17, 2012, the Space Shuttle Discovery was ferried to Dulles mounted to a NASA 747-100 as part of its decommissioning and installation in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

One result of this briefing was that in 2001 Senator Santorum proposed incorporating pro-intelligent design language, crafted in part by the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, into the No Child Left Behind bill.

* Professor Ken Miller's claim that the Discovery Institute wrongly stated the Santorum Amendment was part of the Education Bill.

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program.

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland Discovery Channel is part of the Premiere-digital-network and supplies specific programs to other networks like ZDF and kabel eins.

In Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, a Flemish Discovery Channel launched ( previously the Dutch version was available for IPTV, DVB-C and DVB-S ) on Cable ( and digital ) Television on October 1, 2009.

In Australia, the Discovery Channel is part of a six channel bouquet ( not including timeshifts ) on digital subscription television, available on Foxtel, Optus TV and AUSTAR.

Historian and novelist Deborah Harkness, set much of the early part of her 2011 novel, A Discovery of Witches, in the Bodleian, particularly the Selden End.

Girls airs as a part of Discovery Kids ( and also formerly aired on the network's Saturday morning block on NBC ).

* Placebos: cracking the code part 1 part 2 BBC / Discovery channel program

The taped memoirs became an integral part of an eight-part television series Cronkite Remembers, which was shown on the Discovery Channel.

NBC, which had a partnership with the Discovery Kids network to broadcast the channel's original programming, re-entered the Saturday morning arena with new, original programming in September 2006 as part of the Qubo " edutainment " partnership, which involved numerous parties, including parent company NBCUniversal, Ion Media Networks, Scholastic Press, Nelvana, and Classic Media, all of whom provided the programs for the Saturday morning block.

Hong Kong Disneyland lies on the northeastern part of the island, approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay.

Both trails are part of the American Discovery Trail, the only coast-to-coast, non-motorized recreational trail.

The North Country Trail coincides with the Buckeye Trail for a large part of its route, and the American Discovery Trail also coincides with it through southern Ohio.

A British version of the channel was launched in 1994 and was subsequently renamed " Discovery Home and Leisure " and later Discovery Real Time as part of Discovery's catalog of themed channels.

This was to be built as part of Disneyland's Discovery Bay expansion area.

Also in 2008, astronauts took an action figure of Buzz Lightyear into space on the Discovery Space Shuttle as part of an educational experience for students while stressing the catchphrase.

The Powerhouse Discovery Centre Collection Stores at Castle Hill is part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, along with the Powerhouse Museum in Darling Harbour and Sydney Observatory at the Rocks.

In contrast to Star Wars, the ship featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Discovery One's course took it directly through the asteroid belt in the novel, without real fear of collision on the part of the mission organizers.

On a specified date in August, the building is used by companies, organisations and / or individuals as part of " Discovery Day " which features events co-ordinated all over the city.

When the party left St Louis in 1805, he was not part of the Corps of Discovery.