Modern Marvels
Towering skyscrapers buzzing with life, intricate tunnels connecting entire communities, mighty dams that tame the wildest rivers--this is construction animal style.
2026-07-02 12:31:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 13:24:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Towering skyscrapers buzzing with life, intricate tunnels connecting entire communities, mighty dams that tame the wildest rivers--this is construction animal style.
2026-07-02 12:31:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 13:24:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Food trucks are hitting the big time across much of America, they're changing the way people eat from humble beginnings as chuck wagons and hot dog carts, they've taken off as ethnic eateries, gourmet specialists, and even high-tech mega trucks.
2026-07-02 11:41:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 12:31:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Examine mysterious maritime tragedies including Edmund Fitzgerald's 1975 sinking, Boeing 737 rudder crashes in 1991 and 1994, secret 1959 government nuclear facility meltdown, 4-million gallon diesel storage tank failure, and more.
2026-07-02 10:49:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 11:41:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.
2026-07-02 09:56:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 10:49:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The domed structure is one of the earliest forms of shelter from African mud huts to frozen igloos to holy shrines and cathedrals engineers have enlarged and transformed the ancient concept to build some of the world's most spectacular structures.
2026-07-02 09:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 09:56:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Dogs are fearless, faithful, determined, and swift, serving as hunters, soldiers, rescuers, and protectors they are perfectly engineered marvels, combining natural instincts with complex training.
2026-07-02 08:16:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 09:05:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Close to 40% of Earth is classified as desert, but these environments offer hope through Middle East desalination, Las Vegas communities, Hoover Dam power, irrigation agriculture, solar energy, and technology enabling future Mars colonization.
2026-07-02 07:24:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 08:16:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From colossal devices designed to save the world to mind-expanding, world-shrinking machines, tracing the evolution of mice and menus learning about the world's most powerful computer that operates at 12-trillion calculations a second.
2026-07-02 06:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 07:24:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.
2026-07-02 00:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 01:23:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The evolution of technology how things now considered obsolete worked such as the typewriter, VCR, analog TV, vinyl record, film camera and brick-sized mobile phone, as well as products that superseded them.
2026-07-01 23:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-02 00:32:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Catering to more than twenty million truckers, truck stops are bigger and better than ever these mega-pit stops are essential to the trucks and truckers that haul eight billion tons of freight annually.
2026-07-01 22:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 23:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Adam learns the true meaning of heavy when he visits legendary heavy equipment manufacturer: John Deere big machines do big jobs, and he gets an inside look at how top brands like SANY and JCB are pushing the envelope on what these machines can do.
2026-07-01 22:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 22:50:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
From the beginning of time humans worked to protect themselves against the very element that keeps them alive: water the episode explores the fight against ferocious weather and floods with state-of-the-art roofing, wraps, tarps, boats and more.
2026-07-01 21:13:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 22:01:00 +0000 UTC(48m)
Modern Marvels
The U.S. Navy's diving and salvage programs the USS Salvor's underwater remote-operated robots bomb-locating minisub Alvin.
2026-07-01 20:22:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 21:13:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Data lines power plumbing photovoltaics conserving energy painting carpeting moving furniture lights.
2026-07-01 19:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 20:22:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The world's best extreme athletes, designers, manufacturers, and engineers explain and demonstrate why the gadgets, gear, and technology of these sports have captured the public's imagination and revolutionized the sporting industry.
2026-07-01 18:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 19:29:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
The sugar industry developed through Caribbean slavery and British control desires sugar played critical roles in American independence while modern Hawaiian plantations process cane stalks into raw sugar, corn syrup, and various sweetener forms.
2026-07-01 12:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 13:23:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The evolution of technology how things now considered obsolete worked such as the typewriter, VCR, analog TV, vinyl record, film camera and brick-sized mobile phone, as well as products that superseded them.
2026-07-01 11:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 12:32:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Catering to more than twenty million truckers, truck stops are bigger and better than ever these mega-pit stops are essential to the trucks and truckers that haul eight billion tons of freight annually.
2026-07-01 10:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 11:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Adam learns the true meaning of heavy when he visits legendary heavy equipment manufacturer: John Deere big machines do big jobs, and he gets an inside look at how top brands like SANY and JCB are pushing the envelope on what these machines can do.
2026-07-01 10:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-01 10:50:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
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