Modern Marvels
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.
2026-06-28 09:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 10:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Former Tomcat pilot Terry Deitz explores F-14 fighter jet legacy through final catapult launches aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt aviators and sailors reflect on iconic aircraft's career before retirement at Naval Air Station Oceana farewell ceremony.
2026-06-28 12:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 14:12:00 +0000 UTC(1h20m)
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World-shaking crashes efforts to make auto racing safer the latest in motorcycle crash survival equipment a skydiver survives falling 11,000 feet without a parachute NASA's asteroid-tracking team colliding subatomic particles.
2026-06-28 11:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 12:52:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
His movies are legend, his women beautiful, and his toys the best in the world James Bond is foiling villains in space-age flying machines or eavesdropping on his enemies with ultra-sophisticated spy gear.
2026-06-28 11:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 11:58:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
More than 50 years after its construction, the Golden Gate remains one of the world's great engineering marvels. It took 25-million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete the cost in human life proved even greater.
2026-06-28 10:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 11:05:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
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.
2026-06-28 09:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 10:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Since 200 BC, when the Greek Philosopher Archimedes created a device for lifting water, the pump has been synonymous with transporting Earth's most precious resource.
2026-06-28 08:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 09:19:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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The construction of the 51-mile canal that took ten years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors an earlier, nine-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.
2026-06-28 07:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 08:27:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love the story of the hunters of the precious metal and their methods for extracting it.
2026-06-28 06:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 07:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A look at the many uses of acid the military harnesses acid to make explosives at a sulfuric acid plant, acid takes the stain out of stainless steel and dissolves precious metals the Heinz vinegar plant acid-loving bacteria.
2026-06-28 00:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 01:26:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Working out with iron mining, extracting and forging this incredibly versatile metal ultra-strong magnets enhanced weapon technology Martian mining.
2026-06-27 23:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 00:34:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
When the men and women aboard a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they can take a measure of comfort in the fact that no US sub has been lost in nearly 40 years, though it's been said that the sea is a more hostile environment than space.
2026-06-27 22:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 23:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Who could imagine life without our "man-made weather"? On cold winter nights and hot summer days, we are forever grateful to the visionaries who took two basic elements--fire and ice--and turned them into true modern marvels.
2026-06-27 21:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 22:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.
2026-06-27 21:07:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 21:58:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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From the first well in Pennsylvania to the gushing Spindletop and modern supertankers, the story of oil is the story of civilization as we know it a look at the ingenious and outrageous men who risked a lot for "black gold" and unimaginable wealth.
2026-06-27 20:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 21:07:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Examining how frequently experts in various disciplines can hit their targets, including archers, sharpshooters and even a billiards player the ancient world's ballista and trebuchet weapons knife thrower Cirque du Soleil's daring artists.
2026-06-27 19:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 20:15:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Strap on a parachute and soar through the saga of jet propulsion which radically transformed the world since inception of World War II.
2026-06-27 18:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 19:23:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
A look at the many uses of acid the military harnesses acid to make explosives at a sulfuric acid plant, acid takes the stain out of stainless steel and dissolves precious metals the Heinz vinegar plant acid-loving bacteria.
2026-06-27 12:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 13:26:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Working out with iron mining, extracting and forging this incredibly versatile metal ultra-strong magnets enhanced weapon technology Martian mining.
2026-06-27 11:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 12:34:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
When the men and women aboard a modern submarine hear the command to dive, they can take a measure of comfort in the fact that no US sub has been lost in nearly 40 years, though it's been said that the sea is a more hostile environment than space.
2026-06-27 10:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 11:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Who could imagine life without our "man-made weather"? On cold winter nights and hot summer days, we are forever grateful to the visionaries who took two basic elements--fire and ice--and turned them into true modern marvels.
2026-06-27 09:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-27 10:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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