Modern Marvels
The forts, weapons and technology of barbarians.
2026-07-21 20:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 21:21:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Modern Marvels
Beer, one of the world's oldest beverages revered by Pharaohs and brewed by America's Founding Fathers, evolved from prehistoric times through ancient Sumeria, China, and Egypt to today's multi-billion-dollar global craft brewing industry.
2026-07-22 00:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 01:48:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
World-shaking crashes efforts to make auto racing safer the latest in motorcycle crash survival equipment a skydiver survives falling 11,000 feet without a parachute NASA's asteroid-tracking team colliding subatomic particles.
2026-07-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 00:54:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Strap on a parachute and soar through the saga of jet propulsion which radically transformed the world since inception of World War II.
2026-07-21 23:06:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
A journey back to an unruly era examining the complexity of their construction and the multipurpose they served homes to kings and nobles, economic centers, courthouses, treasuries, prisons, and torture chambers.
2026-07-21 22:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 23:06:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Some machines built for sheer spectacle.
2026-07-21 21:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 22:12:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The forts, weapons and technology of barbarians.
2026-07-21 20:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 21:21:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The X-1 jet breaks the sound barrier the X-43 Scramjet flies at Mach 7 U-2 and SR-71 Cold War spy planes flying Wing bombers the new F/A Raptor.
2026-07-21 19:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 20:29:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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.
2026-07-21 18:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 19:35:00 +0000 UTC(56m)
Modern Marvels
Beer, one of the world's oldest beverages revered by Pharaohs and brewed by America's Founding Fathers, evolved from prehistoric times through ancient Sumeria, China, and Egypt to today's multi-billion-dollar global craft brewing industry.
2026-07-21 12:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 13:48:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
World-shaking crashes efforts to make auto racing safer the latest in motorcycle crash survival equipment a skydiver survives falling 11,000 feet without a parachute NASA's asteroid-tracking team colliding subatomic particles.
2026-07-21 12:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 12:54:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Strap on a parachute and soar through the saga of jet propulsion which radically transformed the world since inception of World War II.
2026-07-21 11:06:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 12:00:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
A journey back to an unruly era examining the complexity of their construction and the multipurpose they served homes to kings and nobles, economic centers, courthouses, treasuries, prisons, and torture chambers.
2026-07-21 10:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 11:06:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Some machines built for sheer spectacle.
2026-07-21 09:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 10:12:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The forts, weapons and technology of barbarians.
2026-07-21 08:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 09:21:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The X-1 jet breaks the sound barrier the X-43 Scramjet flies at Mach 7 U-2 and SR-71 Cold War spy planes flying Wing bombers the new F/A Raptor.
2026-07-21 07:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 08:29:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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.
2026-07-21 06:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 07:35:00 +0000 UTC(56m)
Modern Marvels
Traveling some of the world's most dangerous roads, including Bolivia's "Death Road," California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, the road to Baghdad's airport and Colorado's Million Dollar Highway highway safety off-road drivers.
2026-07-21 00:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 01:44:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Entries and exits world's tallest doors at the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center a company that makes blast doors and bulletproof doors fabricating doors for homes.
2026-07-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 00:52:00 +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.
2026-07-20 23:06:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The history of long-duration life in space from the first Soviet station to Skylab to Mir to the International Space Station what it is like to live in space, as well as the monumental obstacles engineers and astronauts overcame to make it possible.
2026-07-20 22:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-20 23:06:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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