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)
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Modern Marvels
The supermarket has become one of the great success stories of modern retailing bar coding and other technological advancements the psychology of the supermarket, including the store layout, lighting, music and aromas.
2026-07-22 20:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 21:21:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A 2000 Ford Taurus gets dissected to demonstrate the evolution of the automobile's major systems automotive historians and experts describe how cars have evolved and explain major advances.
2026-07-22 18:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 20:28:00 +0000 UTC(1h49m)
Modern Marvels
Explore the hottest trends in gadgets, how they've evolved and where they're going discover which gadget inventors may hold tomorrow's hottest new trends and learn why some gadgets succeed while others crash and burn.
2026-07-22 17:46:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 18:39:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love the story of the hunters of the precious metal and their methods for extracting it.
2026-07-22 16:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 17:46:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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More than two million people die in the U.S. annually, creating 5,500 daily burials with 80 percent choosing caskets and 20 percent cremation explore dealing with death throughout centuries and today's $20-billion funeral industry.
2026-07-22 16:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 16:53:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels Essentials: The Butcher
The butcher's craft is a fusion of knives and technology, old world skills and modern day tools.
2026-07-22 15:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 16:00:00 +0000 UTC(27m)
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The Maginot Line, a defensive string of forts with enfilading firepower, was built by France between World War One and World War Two.
2026-07-22 14:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 15:33:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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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as the typewriter, VCR, analog TV, vinyl record, film camera and brick-sized mobile phone, as well as products that superseded them.
2026-07-22 12:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 13:46:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Inventions for holding off a global warming meltdown include giant solar energy towers, a rooftop wind turbine, a car that runs on air and a kite that tows a cargo ship.
2026-07-22 12:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 12:54:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Fast and powerful, they come in a hundred shapes and a thousand colors to some, motorcycles symbolize freedom to others, they simply stand for trouble episode race back in time and see how, for over a hundred years, motorcycles inspired riders.
2026-07-22 10:14:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 12:01:00 +0000 UTC(1h47m)
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The Cape Cod Canal represents an engineering feat many believed impossible begun in 1909 during the Great Depression, this major commerce and recreational Intracoastal Waterway route showcases determination, ingenuity, and American spirit.
2026-07-22 09:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 10:14:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The supermarket has become one of the great success stories of modern retailing bar coding and other technological advancements the psychology of the supermarket, including the store layout, lighting, music and aromas.
2026-07-22 08:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 09:21:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A 2000 Ford Taurus gets dissected to demonstrate the evolution of the automobile's major systems automotive historians and experts describe how cars have evolved and explain major advances.
2026-07-22 06:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-22 08:28:00 +0000 UTC(1h49m)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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