TV Guide Science Thursday

Bridge collapses have etched hard lessons into the history of engineering; Tacoma, Minneapolis, Genoa, were symbols of innovation.

Experts examine the root cause of atomic accidents like the Windscale fire, and why crisis management helped in the 3-Mile Island incident and Kyshtym disaster.

Experts examine the dire consequences that occurred when safety protocols were ignored at the Battersea Park Funfair, Dreamworld and Gröna Lund theme parks.

Aviation disasters like TWA Flight 800, the Kegworth crash and Japan Airlines Flight 123 show how thin the line is between safety and catastrophe.

Trask and his crew take on one of the world's largest bronze statues, and they need to figure out how to get on this colossus of a structure.

A team of rope access technicians must place 13 targets on one of America's tallest dams, and then they suit up to install bird sensors on a wind turbine.

A strange discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover suggests the "Red Planet" was home to an alien nuclear war 300 million years ago.

Astronauts evacuate when a strange object is seen moving towards the International Space Station; a secret agent goes undercover to recover missing moon rocks.

Astronauts on the Apollo 12 mission return home with a something alive from the moon; NASA tracks an asteroid made of artificial material headed towards Earth.

After the Parker Probe's ambitious mission to the sun, NASA reveals incredible discoveries about Earth's star that changes some of our fundamental knowledge.

Astronomers scour the cosmos for the next universe-shaking explosion for fear of what humanity could endure in the face of such a detonation.

A team of experts investigates Harry Houdini's illusions in an attempt to reveal the secret behind his mysterious water torture trick.

A team of experts re-create Houdini's famed bullet catch trick, which is one of the deadliest tricks in magic history, in attempt to discover how he did it.

One of Houdini's greatest escapes may have been a cover up to spy for the American government, so experts recreate his break from a Siberian prison transport.

Experts recreate Houdini's buried alive escape mysterious to reveal how this deadly feat was performed and if the magician's sudden death was an accident.

Experts explore a decaying stronghold that stood between ancient Rome and the Persian empire, a location that attracted unfriendly visitors.

Experts investigate a Seoul amusement park once intended to be a paradise for K-Pop fanatics but has now fallen to ruin due to financial difficulties.

Experts investigate what was formerly the toughest prison in the United States, an enormous complex that hosted medical experiments.

A Polish castle is rumored to be the location where lost Nazi treasure can be found; an American business tycoon's son becomes embroiled in a huge controversy.

A favored American item is greatly protected in Panama; a scientist living in a castle shares an organic remedy; an eerie German railroad separates a city.

Archaeologists help solve the mystery of what happened to a little-known free fort in Florida, while thermal drones reveal Texas caves used by freedom seekers.

Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, a forgotten abolitionist town; they search for artifacts of Freedom Seekers in a hidden cave in Illinois.

Archaeologists uncover remains of a Maroon community that lived in a forgotten Virginia swamp; lost artifacts are revealed at Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

Maritime routes of the railroad are traced as an underwater archaeologist searches for the wreck of a Civil War ship used by enslaved people to find freedom.

Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, a forgotten abolitionist town; they search for artifacts of Freedom Seekers in a hidden cave in Illinois.

Archaeologists uncover remains of a Maroon community that lived in a forgotten Virginia swamp; lost artifacts are revealed at Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

Maritime routes of the railroad are traced as an underwater archaeologist searches for the wreck of a Civil War ship used by enslaved people to find freedom.

Archaeologists help solve the mystery of what happened to a little-known free fort in Florida, while thermal drones reveal Texas caves used by freedom seekers.

Experts investigate a Seoul amusement park once intended to be a paradise for K-Pop fanatics but has now fallen to ruin due to financial difficulties.

Experts investigate what was formerly the toughest prison in the United States, an enormous complex that hosted medical experiments.