
Modern Marvels
Beans converting soybeans into vegetable oils, flour and soy meal Nebraska's Kelley Bean Co. cleans 80,000 pounds of dry beans daily New England baked beans made by B&M Italian chef Cesare Casella uses heirloom beans hummus.

Beans converting soybeans into vegetable oils, flour and soy meal Nebraska's Kelley Bean Co. cleans 80,000 pounds of dry beans daily New England baked beans made by B&M Italian chef Cesare Casella uses heirloom beans hummus.

A history of car-culture commerce.

The beverage coffee originates in Ethiopia more than 1,000 years ago.

A behind-the-scenes look at how Jelly Belly creates delicious jellybeans in every flavor then Adam Richman explores kitchen innovator Blue Apron's 495,000 square foot facility.

Vacuums aren't just for cleaning floors there are giant vacuums that clean up after disasters like Hurricane Katrina and underwater vacuums that save coral reefs by suctioning up invasive algae.

How the Comstock Lode, discovered near Virginia City, proved to be a scientific laboratory from which vast improvements in mining technology and safety were pioneered, including innovations in drilling, ventilation, drainage, and ore processing.

Distillation of spirits represents art, science, and vapor-water marriage in a billion-dollar business visit brandy, liqueur, moonshine, and absinthe distilleries including Christian Brothers, Deep South moonshine, and French Courvoisier Cognac.

Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.

Since 200 BC, when the Greek Philosopher Archimedes created a device for lifting water, the pump has been synonymous with transporting Earth's most precious resource.

A history of car-culture commerce.

The beverage coffee originates in Ethiopia more than 1,000 years ago.

A behind-the-scenes look at how Jelly Belly creates delicious jellybeans in every flavor then Adam Richman explores kitchen innovator Blue Apron's 495,000 square foot facility.

Vacuums aren't just for cleaning floors there are giant vacuums that clean up after disasters like Hurricane Katrina and underwater vacuums that save coral reefs by suctioning up invasive algae.

How the Comstock Lode, discovered near Virginia City, proved to be a scientific laboratory from which vast improvements in mining technology and safety were pioneered, including innovations in drilling, ventilation, drainage, and ore processing.

Distillation of spirits represents art, science, and vapor-water marriage in a billion-dollar business visit brandy, liqueur, moonshine, and absinthe distilleries including Christian Brothers, Deep South moonshine, and French Courvoisier Cognac.

Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.

Since 200 BC, when the Greek Philosopher Archimedes created a device for lifting water, the pump has been synonymous with transporting Earth's most precious resource.

Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America from the historical, to the modern, to the timeless, episode explores the surprising ways people cannot live without wood.

People have spent centuries battling foul odors, including those that arise from cesspools, rotting meat, landfills, stink bombs, cow farms, and bad breath.

Dynamite explodes hills, drills divide stone walls, and giant cranes pull 400,000-pound blocks from quarry pits rock serves as civilization's raw material for roads, buildings, paint, glue, makeup, antacids, and chewing gum.