Modern Marvels
Star City, the Gagarin Center for Training Cosmonauts, was established by the former Soviet Union in the 1960s as a school for the future conquerors of space.
2026-07-13 07:25:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 08:19:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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The assembly and surprising history behind the airboat a wild ride on a big-tired swamp buggy local delicacies that bring new meaning to acquired taste a massive engineering project to divert the mighty Mississippi River pythons and alligators.
2026-07-14 12:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 13:27:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Water exists in three forms at same temperature as nature's powerful landscape carver and life supporter explore its multidimensional character from bottled water industry to nuclear reactors, irrigation systems, and artistic fountain displays.
2026-07-14 11:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 12:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he's also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning, and tracking every aspect of our lives with advanced surveillance technology, there's virtually no place to hide.
2026-07-14 10:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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More than 100 pyramids built as tombs for pharaohs still stand in Egypt, but many things about the ancient monuments remain obscure.
2026-07-14 10:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 10:53:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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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.
2026-07-14 09:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 10:01:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.
2026-07-14 08:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 09:09:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Spinning your wheels isn't just going around in circles, in fact, it's revolutionary - literally the history of civilization has turned on the wheel, and we have traveled as far as we have because of it.
2026-07-14 07:25:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 08:18:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Satellites and the Global Positioning System spark a revolution in cartography.
2026-07-14 06:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 07:25:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
2026-07-14 00:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 01:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The idea of floating to earth from great heights dates back centuries, and from the beginning parachutes combined entertainment with life-saving utility the parachute has also played a vital role in modern warfare since WWI.
2026-07-13 23:56:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-14 00:52:00 +0000 UTC(56m)
Modern Marvels
From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to today's use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.
2026-07-13 23:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 23:56:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
For centuries, banks enable the creation of wealth a chronicle of banking, from its early European origins to e-banking modern technology revolutionizes the way banks do business.
2026-07-13 22:07:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 23:02:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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World War I is the first lethal combination of Industrial Age technology and war on a large scale.
2026-07-13 21:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 22:07:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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A fun-filled glimpse into the not so distant history of video games since inception, the gaming industry has been a driving force in computer technology and video games are one of today's dominant entertainment mediums.
2026-07-13 20:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 21:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Star City, the Gagarin Center for Training Cosmonauts, was established by the former Soviet Union in the 1960s as a school for the future conquerors of space.
2026-07-13 19:25:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 20:19:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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George Washington Carver rose from slavery to become one of the 20th century's greatest scientists at Tuskegee Institute, he invented over 300 peanut uses, developed crop rotation, and changed rural economy through agricultural innovations.
2026-07-13 18:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 19:25:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
2026-07-13 12:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 13:45:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The idea of floating to earth from great heights dates back centuries, and from the beginning parachutes combined entertainment with life-saving utility the parachute has also played a vital role in modern warfare since WWI.
2026-07-13 11:56:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 12:52:00 +0000 UTC(56m)
Modern Marvels
From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to today's use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.
2026-07-13 11:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 11:56:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
For centuries, banks enable the creation of wealth a chronicle of banking, from its early European origins to e-banking modern technology revolutionizes the way banks do business.
2026-07-13 10:07:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 11:02:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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