Modern Marvels
The Hoover Dam is one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
2026-07-17 16:48:54 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 17:40:34 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Modern Marvels
Freight trains transport 1.8 billion tons annually through Union Pacific's Bailey yard system.
2026-07-18 06:41:22 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 07:34:35 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Dynamite blasts out the natural resources that have built our modern world.
2026-07-18 05:46:33 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 06:41:22 +0000 UTC(54m)
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California's date palm trees; Wisconsin cranberry marshes; Pennsylvania's mushroom farms.
2026-07-18 04:53:53 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 05:46:33 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking-, there's a custom machine to harvest it.
2026-07-18 04:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 04:53:53 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
2026-07-18 03:08:36 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 04:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Power-driven machines used to make metal parts help build the modern world.
2026-07-18 02:16:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 03:08:36 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
2026-07-18 00:33:40 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 02:16:15 +0000 UTC(1h42m)
Modern Marvels
A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
2026-07-17 23:42:27 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 00:33:40 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
2026-07-17 22:50:04 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 23:42:27 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
2026-07-17 21:58:47 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 22:50:04 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Engineering failures: sinkholes, landslides, airport collapse, plane crash, and ship sinking.
2026-07-17 21:06:03 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 21:58:47 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Hot and spicy items; Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana; McCormick spices.
2026-07-17 20:14:43 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 21:06:03 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Congressional mandate creates the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2026-07-17 19:21:02 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 20:14:43 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Giant, flame-breathing robots; floating fortress; diesel engine with 108,000 horsepower.
2026-07-17 18:29:23 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 19:21:02 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
2026-07-17 17:40:34 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 18:29:23 +0000 UTC(48m)
Modern Marvels
The Hoover Dam is one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
2026-07-17 16:48:54 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 17:40:34 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
2026-07-17 16:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 16:48:54 +0000 UTC(48m)
Modern Marvels
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
2026-07-17 15:08:36 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 16:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Power-driven machines used to make metal parts help build the modern world.
2026-07-17 14:16:14 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 15:08:36 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
2026-07-17 12:33:40 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 14:16:14 +0000 UTC(1h42m)
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