Modern Marvels
A survey of torture devices employed throughout history, ranging from the ancient Greeks' Brazen Bull to the Spanish Inquisition's elaborate mechanisms.
2026-07-05 11:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 12:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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A computer-managed home in Colorado showcases the high-tech gadgetry destined to inhabit every wall in the future a network of walls with cutouts and Plexiglas windows reveal how pests and creepy crawlies of all kinds can congregate.
2026-07-05 14:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 15:09:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Every process, from beginning to end, is a unique and incredible adventure from the fiery birth of high-tech golf clubs to the cataclysmic end of old buildings, get ready to race from start to finish.
2026-07-05 13:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 14:18:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Ice traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor and confounds scientists still trying to solve why it's so slippery.
2026-07-05 12:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 13:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
A survey of torture devices employed throughout history, ranging from the ancient Greeks' Brazen Bull to the Spanish Inquisition's elaborate mechanisms.
2026-07-05 11:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 12:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.
2026-07-05 10:51:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 11:43:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The technology behind the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, including the bobsled run, ski jump and speed skating.
2026-07-05 10:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 10:51:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Shoes have come a long way from their humble beginnings as simple leather moccasins Nowadays footwear is built to withstand any extreme environment where a foot can tread, from the heart of a burning building to the track of an Olympic stadium.
2026-07-05 09:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 10:01:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The history of soft drinks the production process at Dr. Pepper, the world's third-largest soft-drink supplier the Gatorade sports drink energy drinks the roots of ginger ale and root beer.
2026-07-05 08:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 09:10:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
The task was monumental: build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon, all in seven years when the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world.
2026-07-05 00:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 01:47:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Under the supervision of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, miners and quarrymen carve the faces of four U.S. presidents into the Black Hills of South Dakota, paying tribute to the first 150 years of American history.
2026-07-05 00:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 00:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
To see how people, products, and more move around America, Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
2026-07-04 23:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 00:02:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Perhaps the most important and yet least recognized aspect of warfare is battlefield engineering battlefield engineers lay the groundwork, quite literally, for the battle to come.
2026-07-04 22:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 23:10:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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The B-2 Stealth Bomber delivers 40,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear bombs undetected with origins in 1930s German single-wing experiments, it flies over 6,000 miles without refueling using 130 onboard computers and radar-invisible technology.
2026-07-04 21:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 22:15:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto--Journey of Death.
2026-07-04 20:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 21:21:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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CV-22 Osprey Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter the U.S. Military Sealift Command's large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship, or LMSR.
2026-07-04 19:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 20:27:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The vehicles that transport the President of the United States aren't your ordinary planes, trains, and automobiles: they are top-secret and for your Average Joe, there's only two ways to find out what they're really like inside.
2026-07-04 18:41:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 19:35:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The task was monumental: build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon, all in seven years when the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world.
2026-07-04 12:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Under the supervision of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, miners and quarrymen carve the faces of four U.S. presidents into the Black Hills of South Dakota, paying tribute to the first 150 years of American history.
2026-07-04 12:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 12:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
To see how people, products, and more move around America, Adam Richman explores how a legendary long-hauler meticulously custom-builds each truck at Daimler.
2026-07-04 11:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 12:02:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Perhaps the most important and yet least recognized aspect of warfare is battlefield engineering battlefield engineers lay the groundwork, quite literally, for the battle to come.
2026-07-04 10:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 11:10:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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