What is Discovery: Definition and 180 Discussions

Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American multinational pay television network and flagship channel owned by Discovery, Inc., a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. As of June 2012, Discovery Channel is the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind TBS and The Weather Channel; it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally.It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had expanded into reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment.As of September 2018, Discovery Channel is available to approximately 88,589,000 pay television households in the United States.

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  1. S

    Mathematica I think I made a mathematical discovery Check it out

    Don't laugh if this basic stuff and has already been discovered centuries ago but I am just in basic Calculus. Here is what I have came up w/. In y=x^odd number(just pick any) graph, the greater the coeffecient, the closer it is to the graph x=0. But if we were to imagine what the graph of...
  2. O

    Is 1 Really Equal to 0? An Amazing Discovery!

    Earlier today, I proved 1=0! Think about it... it kind of tickles the brain in a weird way
  3. R

    Physics Discovery: 99.99995% Confidence Level and Quantum Mechanics

    At the reference link below is this statement-- Physicists have agreed that claims of a discovery must have a confidence level of 99.99995 percent, indicating a 99.99995 percent chance that the result can be reproduced. Is this view held, and in what publication was this 'agreed to' ? And...
  4. Z

    Mathematical discovery of planet neptune

    Can anybody help me find informations about the mathematical discovery of planet neptune ? I would like to know how Leverrier and Adams calculated the position of neptune and all this stuff... Thanks in advance.. Jack
  5. B

    Do you people here watch The MythBusters on Discovery Channel?

    Do you people here watch The MythBusters on Discovery Channel? I think those people on the show are super weird but cool. They have also conducted several ground-breaking experiments like "Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death? " and "Are teeth strong enough to...
  6. S

    Regarding the discovery of quantum theory

    Why did Max Planck think that energy ought to be radiated in quantas? What were the shortcomings of the earlier theories that made the Quantum Theory a necessity. For example, the shortcomings in Galileo's model of planetary motion was that it could not explain why did the planets revolve around...
  7. R

    My new discovery turns science on its head

    I'd like to publish this in a peer-reviewed journal, but they'd probably reject it. I think General Discussion is an equally valid medium. "Synthesis of Instant Coffee using Non Heated Water" rachmaninoff PF Institute For Coffee Science* *not affiliated with the...
  8. T

    Exploring the Discovery of Stars: A Data Management Project

    Hello Im doing a project for data management and i thought i could do a project on when stars where discovered when, where kinda thing. I've looked all around and i can't find quiet what I am looking for so i thought if i asked here some one would have a little somthing to help me out.
  9. V

    Major Scientific Discovery - Extrasolar planet announcement 25 Jan 18:00 GMT

    http://television.esa.int/default.cfm Anyone with some inside information?
  10. A

    The Greatest Discovery in Maths

    Application interviews are comming up and it is always good to prepare for the question: "What is the most important discovery in mathematics (in modern time?), according to your oppinion?" Is it the RSA-algorithm? Gödels Incompleteness theorem? The proof of Fermat's last theorem? What do...
  11. Monique

    2.5 inch Mosquito: A Shocking Discovery

    2.5 inch mosquito :bugeye: I was having my dinner and all of a sudden I see something crawling towards me, a HUGE insect.. the thing is at least 2.5 inches big, never seen something like it. Quite shaken I ran to the kitchen to get something to contain it in, emptied a glass jar with...
  12. vincentm

    E = mc^2 is Not Einstein's Discovery?

    http://www.serve.com/herrmann/einx.htm
  13. H

    Difference Between Discovery and Invention

    Hi, Heres a little discussion topic that I find interesting. What is the difference between discovery and invention. My own view is that discovery is the coming across things that are already there and an invention is something which has been created by someone or something that utilises...
  14. E

    Arabian Scientist Ebn Alnafees & Blood Circulation Discovery

    that ebn alnafees (who is an arabian scientist) was the first to discover the blood circulation
  15. Ivan Seeking

    Staggering Discovery of Ocean Condom "Reef"

    Apparently true... http://www.goofball.com/news/condom_reef It seems that the country of origin can be identified by the length.
  16. E

    What's wrong with The Discovery Channel?

    Seriously, did anyone see their most recent program called Voyage to The Planets and Beyond? It's totally ridiculous! The program is about a manned voyage to 5 of the 9 planets and close pass by the sun, a voyage that alone takes over 1200 days. I'll list some of the outragous events that take...
  17. O

    What is the Incredible Medical Discovery Made by Dr. Greenstone?

    Hello! In this video a certain Dr Greenstone makes an amazing discovery when doing a routine checkup on a patient using a stethoscope. Watch this amazing video located here – http://rapidshare.de/files/1308315/beat3.wmv.html And see the longer version here (warning large file size) -...
  18. K

    Discovery channel will be re-airing its show Supervolcano

    Discovery channel will be re-airing its show "Supervolcano" Just as an alert, the Discovery channel will be re-airing its show "Supervolcano" Sunday, April 10, at 8:00 PM amd 11:00 PM. KM
  19. B

    Unusual Discovery in the Woods: An Old Farm Machine

    Today I was walking out in the woods. In many places in the woods around here you can find old stone walls going between the trees. Today by one of these stone walls I found a piece of farm machinery. It was heavily rusted and the rubber tires were flaking. It was ten or fifteen feet wide...
  20. I

    Antigravity and Discovery Channel's Credibility

    Antigravity and Discovery Channel's Credibility http://www.americanantigravity.com/ Please, someone tell me this is fake. This, and the Hutchison Effect, plus Joe Newman's free energy device is, obviously, fake. What startles me is that Discovery Channel is airing some documentaries (not...
  21. arivero

    For the discovery of asymptotic freedom

    "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom" http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2004/index.html LM pointed it out this morning in sps.
  22. Ivan Seeking

    Dig discovery is oldest 'pet cat'

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3611453.stm When it comes to humans and cats I'm not sure just who domesticated whom. I know that ours either get what they want or they pester us to death. Also, I don't see the cats cleaning the toilet but guess what I get to do?
  23. wolram

    The Discovery of a Z=10 Galaxy: Implications for the Early Universe

    thanks to MARCUS. this discussion started in S B and LQG, i thought i had better move to a more appropriate place. the recent discovery of a Z=10 galaxy, if confirmed means it was was formed when our universe was only 500MYs old. this paper discuses the discovery...
  24. Tsu

    Hubble Supernova Discovery: WOW BEAUTIFUL

    WOW! BEAUTIFUL! http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/20/shc.hubble.supernova/index.html
  25. Ivan Seeking

    Universe-shaking discovery or more hot air?

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/19/MNG3G4CAMF1.DTL
  26. wolram

    Could New Pulsar Discoveries Lead to Direct Detection of Cosmic Gravity Waves?

    4 dec 2003. http://www.physlink.com/News/120403PulsarGravity.cfm A discovery made with CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia may have brought forward the day when astronomers will directly detect cosmic gravity waves for the first time...
  27. Math Is Hard

    Dark matter discovery: Bail me out, guys?

    I went to a cosmology seminar recently. It was mostly for fun, but if you complete a take home exam you get a tiny bit of college credit for it. Things were going along fine until I ran across the last two questions: How was Dark Matter just discovered and when did this happen? What...
  28. R

    I claim the discovery of the first time machine but i wont go any further since

    since i ve been menaced
  29. Ivan Seeking

    Discovery may spur cheap solar power: CNN

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/02/solar.cells.reut/index.html
  30. iansmith

    50th anniversary of the discovery of theDNA structure

    Today (april 25th) is 50 th aniversary of the discovery of the Double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick. Watson and Crick receveice a nobel prize for their work but they in fact did not do any experimentation. They have taken work from another worker and published it under their name...
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