Modern Marvels
The philosophy, architecture of today's U.S. prisons emerge from those of history.
The philosophy, architecture of today's U.S. prisons emerge from those of history.
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From colossal devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding, world-shrinking machines, tracing the evolution of mice and menus learning about the world's most powerful computer that operates at 12-trillion calculations a second.
Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.
Doomsday threats range from very real, nuclear arsenals, to controversial, global warming, to futuristic - nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots.
The U.S. Navy's most lethal fighter, the F-14, soars at supersonic speeds.
Take a supersonic flight through a world of flying machines that are redefining our skies pull serious G's in the U.S. military's latest fighter jet: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The evolution of the assembly line, which has produced billions of products, from toys to Boeing 747s, cheaply and quickly Americans overcome prejudices toward blacks and women in factories during World War II a family of auto assembly workers.
The world's best extreme athletes, designers, manufacturers, and engineers explain and demonstrate why the gadgets, gear, and technology of these sports have captured the public's imagination and revolutionized the sporting industry.
World War I is the first lethal combination of Industrial Age technology and war on a large scale.
From colossal devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding, world-shrinking machines, tracing the evolution of mice and menus learning about the world's most powerful computer that operates at 12-trillion calculations a second.
Tea ranks as world's second most popular drink with ancient origins explore Lipton's Suffolk plant producing teabags, Charleston Plantation's cultivation, Boston Tea Party history, Clipper Ships bringing Chinese tea, and modern herbal varieties.
Doomsday threats range from very real, nuclear arsenals, to controversial, global warming, to futuristic - nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots.
The U.S. Navy's most lethal fighter, the F-14, soars at supersonic speeds.
Take a supersonic flight through a world of flying machines that are redefining our skies pull serious G's in the U.S. military's latest fighter jet: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The evolution of the assembly line, which has produced billions of products, from toys to Boeing 747s, cheaply and quickly Americans overcome prejudices toward blacks and women in factories during World War II a family of auto assembly workers.
The world's best extreme athletes, designers, manufacturers, and engineers explain and demonstrate why the gadgets, gear, and technology of these sports have captured the public's imagination and revolutionized the sporting industry.
Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what really happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.
Each flip of an electric-light switch attests to the genius of Nikola Tesla, creator of the alternating current (AC) system the Tesla coil energy-efficient bulbs.
Inventions for holding off a global warming meltdown include giant solar energy towers, a rooftop wind turbine, a car that runs on air and a kite that tows a cargo ship.
The philosophy, architecture of today's U.S. prisons emerge from those of history.
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
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