Modern Marvels
The MegaFly, a giant ram-air parachute; boron carbide body-armor; the monster truck Bigfoot.
2026-07-15 23:36:39 +0000 UTC→2026-07-16 00:28:13 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
2026-07-17 15:08:36 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 16:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Power-driven machines used to make metal parts help build the modern world.
2026-07-17 14:16:14 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 15:08:36 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
2026-07-17 12:33:40 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 14:16:14 +0000 UTC(1h42m)
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A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
2026-07-17 11:42:26 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 12:33:40 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Koenigsegg CCR automobile; Shanghai Maglev train.
2026-07-17 10:50:04 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 11:42:26 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Maritime and engineering disasters: Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Boeing crashes, nuclear meltdowns.
2026-07-17 09:58:46 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 10:50:04 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Engineering failures: sinkholes, landslides, airport collapse, plane crash, and ship sinking.
2026-07-17 09:06:02 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 09:58:46 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Hot and spicy items; Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana; McCormick spices.
2026-07-17 08:14:43 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 09:06:02 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Congressional mandate creates the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2026-07-17 07:21:01 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 08:14:43 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Giant, flame-breathing robots; floating fortress; diesel engine with 108,000 horsepower.
2026-07-17 06:29:23 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 07:21:01 +0000 UTC(51m)
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The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory.
2026-07-17 05:40:34 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 06:29:23 +0000 UTC(48m)
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The Hoover Dam is one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world.
2026-07-17 04:48:53 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 05:40:34 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.
2026-07-17 04:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 04:48:53 +0000 UTC(48m)
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Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.
2026-07-17 03:33:40 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 04:00:00 +0000 UTC(26m)
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Lessons which point the way to a safer future.
2026-07-17 02:39:54 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 03:33:40 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Espionage has been used for at least the last 4,000 years; the episode focus on the last 100 years.
2026-07-17 01:46:48 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 02:39:54 +0000 UTC(53m)
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The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster.
2026-07-17 00:53:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 01:46:48 +0000 UTC(53m)
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A toxic waste dump at Love Canal; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; a nightclub fire in Boston.
2026-07-16 23:59:19 +0000 UTC→2026-07-17 00:53:15 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Tropicana Casino garage collapse; Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse.
2026-07-16 23:05:26 +0000 UTC→2026-07-16 23:59:19 +0000 UTC(53m)
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DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets.
2026-07-16 22:11:22 +0000 UTC→2026-07-16 23:05:26 +0000 UTC(54m)
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