
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.

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.

Hazardous-material shipment trucks carrying classified government materials Con-Air flight moves dangerous felons.

We examine more threats--both natural and manmade--that may endanger civilization from the far reaches of space to tiny viruses, doomsday sources are many.

A steam pipe explosion rocks New Yorkers on a summer day in Midtown Manhattan Boston's Big Dig highway project suffers a major setback when sections of a tunnel ceiling fall onto the roadway.

Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.

Denver International Airport baggage disaster Texas A&M bonfire M-4 Sherman tank Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993 Skyline Plaza collapse.

The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events America's most dangerous volcano tornado hazards base jumping.

Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools from ancient Rome to World Wars One and Two, and how modern training is enhanced by advanced technology and computer simulation.

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.

Technology transforms many aspects of police work.

The construction of a terrorist-proof safe room, and how windows might someday act as biological weapons detectors what technology can do to protect civilians, and how they can use technology to protect themselfs.

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.

Espionage has been used for at least the last 4,000 years the episode focus on the last 100 years of cloak and dagger technology, from early code-breaking computers to satellite reconnaissance and take a look at Bond-type gadgets of the Cold War.

A machine that converts energy into mechanical force to go over, under or through fortified or fixed defenses too strong for conventional force engines range from man's first long-range missile weapon.

Made up of soldiers and civilians, scientists and specialists in an enormous variety of fields, the US Army Corps of Engineers was created over 200 years ago by Congressional mandate to respond, in peace and war, to the nation's engineering needs.

Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools from ancient Rome to World Wars One and Two, and how modern training is enhanced by advanced technology and computer simulation.

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.

Technology transforms many aspects of police work.

The construction of a terrorist-proof safe room, and how windows might someday act as biological weapons detectors what technology can do to protect civilians, and how they can use technology to protect themselfs.

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.