Modern Marvels
The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles a wing separates from a passenger plane a freighter slams into a Florida bridge the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
2026-07-08 12:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 13:25:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Favorite Foods USA: Breakfast Tech
Making breakfast on the USS John C. Stennis.
2026-07-09 12:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 13:29:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Today's cowboys blend Old West traditions with modern technology examine 19th-century cattle industry boom, Spanish-derived saddles and ropes, barbed wire revolution, and modern computer chips, DNA evidence, and artificial insemination techniques.
2026-07-09 11:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 12:38:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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A look up at the symbol of the American Century - the skyscraper the construction of which is a triumph of engineering and capitalism climb to the top of the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Sears Tower, and World Trade Center.
2026-07-09 10:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Big machines span NASA's world's biggest wind tunnel and flight simulator, Joy Mining's Continuous Miner underground machine, London Eye's 443-foot observation wheel, IMAX's largest film technology, and Claas Cougar world's biggest lawnmower.
2026-07-09 10:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 10:52:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Giant robots work factory floors and outer space floating fortresses house 6,000 military personnel with length matching Empire State Building's height diesel engines produce 108,000 horsepower in audacious engineering feats worldwide.
2026-07-09 09:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 10:01:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Doomsday threats range from very real, nuclear arsenals, to controversial, global warming, to futuristic - nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots.
2026-07-09 08:16:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 09:08:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Examines the history of radar, focusing on its role in the Allies' victory in World War II, from the Chain Home Network, rudimentary radar towers that ringed England's eastern coast, to the role of Boston's MIT in developing an English secret.
2026-07-09 07:22:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 08:16:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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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.
2026-07-09 06:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 07:22:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles a wing separates from a passenger plane a freighter slams into a Florida bridge the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
2026-07-09 00:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 01:25:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Examine tragedies including 1999 Milwaukee ironworkers' 200-foot fall, China's Sunjiwan coal mine explosion, fluoroscope x-ray radiation exposure in shoe stores, California's Salton Sea drainage issues, and Soviet Aral Sea irrigation disaster.
2026-07-08 23:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 00:35:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.
2026-07-08 22:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 23:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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From ancient solutions to the development of modern water and sewer services, plumbing helped to make civilization possible.
2026-07-08 21:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 22:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Many rivers quenched the thirst of millions in the American west and around the world without these aqueducts, some of the earth's largest cities would turn into gigantic ghost towns.
2026-07-08 21:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 21:58:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Amazing, ingenious and ultra-sturdy shelters, machines, containers, and materials help to ensure the continuation of society.
2026-07-08 20:14:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 21:04:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Copper transports electricity, water, and heat while being essential for survival yet killing microbes this versatile metal conducts electricity globally, revolutionizes electronics, forms plumbing pipes, creates beautiful roofs, and more.
2026-07-08 19:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 20:14:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper we'll see the 21st Century's cutting-edge "green" technologies in action.
2026-07-08 18:32:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 19:23:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles a wing separates from a passenger plane a freighter slams into a Florida bridge the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
2026-07-08 12:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 13:25:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Examine tragedies including 1999 Milwaukee ironworkers' 200-foot fall, China's Sunjiwan coal mine explosion, fluoroscope x-ray radiation exposure in shoe stores, California's Salton Sea drainage issues, and Soviet Aral Sea irrigation disaster.
2026-07-08 11:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 12:35:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.
2026-07-08 10:50:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 11:42:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From ancient solutions to the development of modern water and sewer services, plumbing helped to make civilization possible.
2026-07-08 09:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-08 10:50:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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