Modern Marvels
People battle foul odors, from cesspools and rotting meat to landfills and bad breath.
People battle foul odors, from cesspools and rotting meat to landfills and bad breath.
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Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
Copper conducts electricity, forms plumbing, creates roofs, and more as versatile metal.
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.
Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; the moon.
Dirt transforms a stadium; special mud helps pros grip baseballs; mud wrestling in Hawaii.
How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer.
Cotton becomes the world's most ubiquitous fabric; a chronicle of its journey from dirt to shirt.
Tobacco farming from North Carolina harvest to Dominican cigars with public health discussions.
Meteorology; early observations; thermometers; barometers; Doppler radar; satellite imaging.
Technology for keeping cool lags far behind that of keeping warm.
Snow formation and management: cloud research, ski resort, avalanche rescue and forecasting.
All life-forms and modern technology are built on a foundation of carbon.
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years.
Copper conducts electricity, forms plumbing, creates roofs, and more as versatile metal.
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made; making aluminum foil.
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.
Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; the moon.
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