Modern Marvels
Amazing, ingenious and ultra-sturdy shelters, machines, containers, and materials help to ensure the continuation of society.
2026-07-08 20:14:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 21:04:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Wartime research and development have revolutionized communication, transportation, and medicine from Spam to nuclear power to hairspray and cell phones, life as we know it ironically owes a lot to war.
2026-07-11 12:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
In this history of medicine under fire, a small army of medics, nurses, surgeons, stretcher-bearers, and ambulance drivers races to keep pace with the deadly advances of war.
2026-07-11 11:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 12:53:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life now, bacteria has emerged resistant to every known antibiotic and scientists have begun to fear that the era of the wonder drugs is near to its end.
2026-07-11 11:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 11:59:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Traces physical fitness' role in the health of the individual and society from ancient Greek gymnasiums, where pupils pumped up the mind as well as body, to 19th-century Muscular Christians, who saw exercise as an obligation to God.
2026-07-11 10:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 11:05:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
More than two million people die in the U.S. annually, creating 5,500 daily burials with 80 percent choosing caskets and 20 percent cremation explore dealing with death throughout centuries and today's $20-billion funeral industry.
2026-07-11 09:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 10:11:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Tobacco's ancient discovery and Andes cultivation leads to modern North Carolina farming and Dominican Republic Fuente cigar plantation explore harvesting techniques, public health concerns with Surgeon General, and nicotine replacement therapies.
2026-07-11 08:25:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 09:18:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Favorite Foods USA: Coffee
The beverage coffee originates in Ethiopia more than 1,000 years ago.
2026-07-11 07:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 08:25:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Americans eat over three and a half billion pounds of chocolate each year--that's 12 pounds per person per year with annual sales topping $13 billion.
2026-07-11 06:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 07:32:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
How superhighways move millions of people every year 20-lane project in Houston China's 28,000-mile National Trunk Highway System High-Five interchange in Dallas the anatomy of a traffic jam.
2026-07-11 00:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 01:26:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Trucks transport a staggering 70 percent of all the nation's goods looking at the amazingly diverse world of American trucks and the colorful men and women who drive them.
2026-07-10 23:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 00:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The world's largest concrete dam, and the largest concrete structure in the world, lies on the Columbia River in the State of Washington built in 1931, it is also one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world.
2026-07-10 22:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 23:43:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel iron weapons revolutionize warfare military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower iron magnets.
2026-07-10 21:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 22:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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The history of civilization could easily be measured in terms of our ability to make, use, and improve tools episode examines power tool industry, which is booming thanks to more powerful, lighter, and quieter cordless tools.
2026-07-10 21:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 21:58:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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It's time to slice and dice take a cutting-edge look at the most amazing blades in the world, from the legendary sword of the samurai warrior with an edge sharp enough to sever a man's arm in a single swipe.
2026-07-10 20:13:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 21:04:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F steelworkers suit up to beat refinery heat coffee makers and hair dryers malfunction at Underwriters Laboratories a friction lab tests aircraft and race-car brakes.
2026-07-10 19:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 20:13:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Each year in the U.S., 280 million hens lay 80 billion eggs, one of the world's most affordable sources of protein charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table how powdered eggs are manufactured.
2026-07-10 18:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 19:23:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
How superhighways move millions of people every year 20-lane project in Houston China's 28,000-mile National Trunk Highway System High-Five interchange in Dallas the anatomy of a traffic jam.
2026-07-10 12:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 13:26:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Trucks transport a staggering 70 percent of all the nation's goods looking at the amazingly diverse world of American trucks and the colorful men and women who drive them.
2026-07-10 11:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 12:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The world's largest concrete dam, and the largest concrete structure in the world, lies on the Columbia River in the State of Washington built in 1931, it is also one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world.
2026-07-10 10:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 11:43:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel iron weapons revolutionize warfare military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower iron magnets.
2026-07-10 09:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-10 10:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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