Modern Marvels
Hazardous-material shipment trucks carrying classified government materials Con-Air flight moves dangerous felons.
2026-06-29 11:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 12:02:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Bees do it chemists do it even Photocopiers do it if it's not done enough, the world will become unglued - literally from Velcro hooks to Gecko feet, making things that stick is no easy task.
2026-06-29 12:55:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Adam Richman visits power tool manufacturing mecca DeWalt, where he discovers how they're using cutting-edge technology to make cutting-edge tools.
2026-06-29 12:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 12:55:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Hazardous-material shipment trucks carrying classified government materials Con-Air flight moves dangerous felons.
2026-06-29 11:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 12:02:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Infantry soldiers known as "Tunnel Rats" searched for and destroyed secret subterranean enemy networks in Vietnam armed with flashlights and pistols, these volunteers faced lethal odds and uncovered arms caches, with many casualties.
2026-06-29 10:16:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 11:08:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
An exploration of the Nazi construction called the Atlantic Wall - 3,000 miles of shore fortifications along occupied European coastline the episode highlights the logistics of construction, types of fortifications.
2026-06-29 09:22:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 10:16:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a rich symphony of sound for over 100 years, enthusiasts and scientists have worked to create the ideal listening experience we examine this multi-billion dollar business.
2026-06-29 08:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 09:22:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Built with the pioneering use of steel-wire support cables, the Brooklyn Bridge became an instant symbol of American pride rare photographs and behind-the-scenes stories recall the politics, the struggles, and the tragedies that made it possible.
2026-06-29 07:34:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 08:28:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The story of the construction of America's national highway system, from its beginnings in 1912, which it was conceived by auto and headlight tycoons, to its completion in 1984, when the last stoplight was removed and buried.
2026-06-29 06:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 07:34:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Former Tomcat pilot Terry Deitz explores F-14 fighter jet legacy through final catapult launches aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt aviators and sailors reflect on iconic aircraft's career before retirement at Naval Air Station Oceana farewell ceremony.
2026-06-29 00:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 02:12:00 +0000 UTC(1h20m)
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.
2026-06-28 23:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-29 00:52:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
His movies are legend, his women beautiful, and his toys the best in the world James Bond is foiling villains in space-age flying machines or eavesdropping on his enemies with ultra-sophisticated spy gear.
2026-06-28 23:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 23:58:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
More than 50 years after its construction, the Golden Gate remains one of the world's great engineering marvels. It took 25-million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete the cost in human life proved even greater.
2026-06-28 22:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 23:05:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Each flip of an electric-light switch attests to the genius of Nikola Tesla, creator of the alternating current (AC) system the Tesla coil energy-efficient bulbs.
2026-06-28 21:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 22:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Since 200 BC, when the Greek Philosopher Archimedes created a device for lifting water, the pump has been synonymous with transporting Earth's most precious resource.
2026-06-28 20:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 21:19:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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The construction of the 51-mile canal that took ten years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors an earlier, nine-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.
2026-06-28 19:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 20:27:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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.
2026-06-28 18:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 19:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Former Tomcat pilot Terry Deitz explores F-14 fighter jet legacy through final catapult launches aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt aviators and sailors reflect on iconic aircraft's career before retirement at Naval Air Station Oceana farewell ceremony.
2026-06-28 12:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 14:12:00 +0000 UTC(1h20m)
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.
2026-06-28 11:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 12:52:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
His movies are legend, his women beautiful, and his toys the best in the world James Bond is foiling villains in space-age flying machines or eavesdropping on his enemies with ultra-sophisticated spy gear.
2026-06-28 11:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 11:58:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
More than 50 years after its construction, the Golden Gate remains one of the world's great engineering marvels. It took 25-million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete the cost in human life proved even greater.
2026-06-28 10:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-28 11:05:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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