Modern Marvels

Copper conducts electricity, forms plumbing, creates roofs, and more as versatile metal.

2025-12-30 14:26:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 15:17:35 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.

2025-12-30 13:35:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 14:26:09 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.

2025-12-30 12:43:46 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 13:35:00 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.

2025-12-30 11:52:22 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 12:43:46 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; the moon.

2025-12-30 11:00:59 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 11:52:22 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Dirt transforms a stadium; special mud helps pros grip baseballs; mud wrestling in Hawaii.

2025-12-30 10:09:42 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 11:00:59 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer.

2025-12-30 09:18:22 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 10:09:42 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Cotton becomes the world's most ubiquitous fabric; a chronicle of its journey from dirt to shirt.

2025-12-30 08:25:38 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 09:18:22 +0000 UTC (52m)

Modern Marvels

Tobacco farming from North Carolina harvest to Dominican cigars with public health discussions.

2025-12-30 07:33:51 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 08:25:38 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Meteorology; early observations; thermometers; barometers; Doppler radar; satellite imaging.

2025-12-30 06:41:49 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 07:33:51 +0000 UTC (52m)

Modern Marvels

Technology for keeping cool lags far behind that of keeping warm.

2025-12-30 05:50:04 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 06:41:49 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Snow formation and management: cloud research, ski resort, avalanche rescue and forecasting.

2025-12-30 05:00:00 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 05:50:04 +0000 UTC (50m)

Modern Marvels

People battle foul odors, from cesspools and rotting meat to landfills and bad breath.

2025-12-30 04:09:51 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 05:00:00 +0000 UTC (50m)

Modern Marvels

The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.

2025-12-30 03:19:47 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 04:09:51 +0000 UTC (50m)

Modern Marvels

Some machines built for sheer spectacle.

2025-12-30 02:29:46 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 03:19:47 +0000 UTC (50m)

Modern Marvels

Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America.

2025-12-30 01:39:34 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 02:29:46 +0000 UTC (50m)

Modern Marvels

The world's second most popular drink from Lipton production to Charleston plantation cultivation.

2025-12-30 00:48:11 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 01:39:34 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Earth's non-human inhabitants use tools, build intricate structures and perform complex procedures.

2025-12-29 23:57:06 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-30 00:48:11 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

Beavers, honeybees, birds, termites and spiders build their homes.

2025-12-29 23:05:43 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-29 23:57:06 +0000 UTC (51m)

Modern Marvels

When a gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster.

2025-12-29 22:14:16 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-29 23:05:43 +0000 UTC (51m)