Modern Marvels
From a massive oil spill to refinery blaze to a downed plane, find out what went wrong and how to prevent the next engineering disaster.
2026-06-24 10:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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The journey begins before the Bronze Age and goes into the shiny future when new metal structures, engineered at a molecular level to be stronger, lighter, and cheaper, shape human progress, as they have since man first thrust copper into a fire.
2026-06-24 12:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 13:27:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Whether humans have the ability to possess superpowers a man can strap on an exoskeleton and lift hundreds of pounds with little effort Mr. Cyborg can control machines with his thoughts flying like Superman.
2026-06-24 11:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 12:34:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
From a massive oil spill to refinery blaze to a downed plane, find out what went wrong and how to prevent the next engineering disaster.
2026-06-24 10:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
AV-8-Harrier jump jet Ford Explorer-Firestone tire rollovers offshore oil-rig fire derailment of a high-speed train computer errors almost set off nuclear war.
2026-06-24 10:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 10:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Buried within the wreckage of engineering disasters lie lessons which point the way to a safer future.
2026-06-24 09:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 10:02:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
All it takes to set off a booby trap is an unsuspecting victim lifting, moving, or disturbing a harmless-looking object the history of booby traps from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greek, and Romans to the Middle Eastern crisis.
2026-06-24 08:17:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 09:09:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Firefighting!: The Arson Detectives
The work of arson detectives, from a suspicious fire in Houston to the motives behind recent church fires.
2026-06-24 07:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 08:17:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Today's cowboys blend Old West traditions with modern technology examine 19th-century cattle industry boom, Spanish-derived saddles and ropes, barbed wire revolution, and modern computer chips, DNA evidence, and artificial insemination techniques.
2026-06-24 06:31:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 07:23:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.
2026-06-24 00:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 01:24:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
People have spent centuries battling foul odors, including those that arise from cesspools, rotting meat, landfills, stink bombs, cow farms, and bad breath.
2026-06-23 23:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-24 00:34:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Freezer unit filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream Alcor, where researchers keep cadavers on ice in hopes of future revival.
2026-06-23 22:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 23:44:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Rice is the world's most versatile grain there are over 140,000 types - white, brown, long-grain, wild, short-grain, jasmine, Arborio, Basmati, black Thai, sweet, sticky - enough to satisfy any discerning palate.
2026-06-23 22:03:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 22:53:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
America's orchards and farms balance hand labor with mechanization through efficient harvesting methods explore orchard management, California's largest fruit packing house, Nebraska corn fields, Wisconsin cranberry marshes, and more.
2026-06-23 21:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 22:03:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
During the depths of the Depression, it was FDR's greatest triumph: a massive public works project that took a 40,000 square mile, disaster-prone river basin, and turned it into a model of industrial progress.
2026-06-23 20:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 21:12:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Sinking of Ocean Ranger offshore oil rig plane carrying golfer Payne Stewart malfunctions Connecticut Turnpike collapse South Fork Dam failure PEPCON jet fuel plant explosion.
2026-06-23 19:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 20:21:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events America's most dangerous volcano tornado hazards base jumping.
2026-06-23 18:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 19:29:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.
2026-06-23 12:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 13:24:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
People have spent centuries battling foul odors, including those that arise from cesspools, rotting meat, landfills, stink bombs, cow farms, and bad breath.
2026-06-23 11:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 12:34:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Freezer unit filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream Alcor, where researchers keep cadavers on ice in hopes of future revival.
2026-06-23 10:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 11:44:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Rice is the world's most versatile grain there are over 140,000 types - white, brown, long-grain, wild, short-grain, jasmine, Arborio, Basmati, black Thai, sweet, sticky - enough to satisfy any discerning palate.
2026-06-23 10:03:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-23 10:53:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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