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Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.
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Technologies of the 1990s: the information superhighway; DVDs; TiVo; GPS; Google.
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Glass is versatile material for skyscrapers, containers, vision aids, communication, and art.
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The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
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How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.
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Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.
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The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.
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Exploring the ocean floor using new technology and examining biological and geological discoveries.
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The complex logistics behind creating feasts for huge crowds; dining aboard a Navy sub; NFL game.
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Supersized stores try to meet their challenge, keeping up with demand on a massive scale.
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Adam Richman visits America's oldest candy store to see how it crafts decadent chocolate treats.
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Amazing, ingenious and ultra-sturdy materials help to ensure the continuation of society.
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Americans visit car washes two million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion.
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Adam Richman visits a central Pennsylvanian cheese maker; inside Kroger as they package cheese.
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Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.
Modern Marvels
Technologies of the 1990s: the information superhighway; DVDs; TiVo; GPS; Google.
Modern Marvels
Glass is versatile material for skyscrapers, containers, vision aids, communication, and art.
Modern Marvels
The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
Modern Marvels
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.
Modern Marvels
Traffic was created on roadways, railways, airways, and seaways; traffic that must be controlled.
Modern Marvels
The world's most popular entertainment, from who invented it to who made it a reality.
Modern Marvels
Exploring the ocean floor using new technology and examining biological and geological discoveries.
Modern Marvels
Asteroids; bioterrorism; cyberterrorist attacks; genetic engineering.
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Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
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Miners extract rough diamonds half a mile underground; explore mining from 4th century BC to today.
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Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.
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The Wilson Sporting Goods football factory; Rawlings' Costa Rica baseball factory.
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The Allies devise scientific and mechanical breakthroughs to thwart Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
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Leonardo da Vinci: great artist, scientist, and inventor with incredible machine designs and plans.
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DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets.
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Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
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A toxic waste dump at Love Canal; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; a nightclub fire in Boston.
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The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster.
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Emergency room medicine has been a recognized specialty since 1989.
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Lessons which point the way to a safer future.
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Every 15 minutes, Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into machines.
Modern Marvels
Asteroids; bioterrorism; cyberterrorist attacks; genetic engineering.
Modern Marvels
Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
Modern Marvels
Miners extract rough diamonds half a mile underground; explore mining from 4th century BC to today.
Modern Marvels
Alexander Graham Bell races Elisha Gray to patent the telephone.
Modern Marvels
The Wilson Sporting Goods football factory; Rawlings' Costa Rica baseball factory.
Modern Marvels
The Allies devise scientific and mechanical breakthroughs to thwart Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
Modern Marvels
Leonardo da Vinci: great artist, scientist, and inventor with incredible machine designs and plans.
Modern Marvels
DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets.
Modern Marvels
Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
Modern Marvels
A toxic waste dump at Love Canal; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; a nightclub fire in Boston.
Modern Marvels
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster.
Modern Marvels
Emergency room medicine has been a recognized specialty since 1989.
Modern Marvels
Lessons which point the way to a safer future.
Modern Marvels
Every 15 minutes, Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into machines.
Modern Marvels
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
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The Hoover Dam is one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
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The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
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Giant, flame-breathing robots; floating fortress; diesel engine with 108,000 horsepower.
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Congressional mandate creates the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Hot and spicy items; Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana; McCormick spices.
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Engineering failures: sinkholes, landslides, airport collapse, plane crash, and ship sinking.
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Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
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Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
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A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
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Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
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An underground subway system transforms the bustling metropolis of Athens, Greece.
Modern Marvels
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
Modern Marvels
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
Modern Marvels
The Hoover Dam is one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
Modern Marvels
The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
Modern Marvels
Giant, flame-breathing robots; floating fortress; diesel engine with 108,000 horsepower.
Modern Marvels
Congressional mandate creates the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Modern Marvels
Hot and spicy items; Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana; McCormick spices.
Modern Marvels
Engineering failures: sinkholes, landslides, airport collapse, plane crash, and ship sinking.
Modern Marvels
Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
Modern Marvels
Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
Modern Marvels
A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
Modern Marvels
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
Modern Marvels
An underground subway system transforms the bustling metropolis of Athens, Greece.
Modern Marvels
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
Modern Marvels
Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking-, there's a custom machine to harvest it.
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California's date palm trees; Wisconsin cranberry marshes; Pennsylvania's mushroom farms.