Modern Marvels
Construction problems of mega-skyscrapers exterior wall system energy-conserving glass safety issues aesthetics.
2026-05-05 21:57:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 22:49:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Modern Marvels
The Trans-Siberian railroad provokes a war, crosses treacherous terrain, and encounters huge obstacles it's the longest, most expensive and complicated railroad ever built ordered by the Czar in an effort to save his empire.
2026-05-05 21:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 21:57:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The evolution of the assembly line, which has produced billions of products, from toys to Boeing 747s, cheaply and quickly Americans overcome prejudices toward blacks and women in factories during World War II a family of auto assembly workers.
2026-05-05 20:13:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 21:04:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Visiting the U.S. Library of Congress to explore the contents of secret vaults and see how the staff of 4,000 catalogs and preserves treasures.
2026-05-05 13:26:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 14:15:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Standing majestically for centuries, the world's great pyramids have long inspired and mystified scholars leading experts and historians explore the engineering genius that created some of the largest structures on the planet.
2026-05-05 12:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 13:26:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Traces physical fitness' role in the health of the individual and society from ancient Greek gymnasiums, where pupils pumped up the mind as well as body, to 19th-century Muscular Christians, who saw exercise as an obligation to God.
2026-05-05 11:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 12:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
In hour three of our crash course on mega-skyscraper construction, we learn about the human element and development of systems that make us comfortable.
2026-05-05 10:49:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 11:40:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Construction problems of mega-skyscrapers exterior wall system energy-conserving glass safety issues aesthetics.
2026-05-05 09:57:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 10:49:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The Trans-Siberian railroad provokes a war, crosses treacherous terrain, and encounters huge obstacles it's the longest, most expensive and complicated railroad ever built ordered by the Czar in an effort to save his empire.
2026-05-05 09:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 09:57:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The evolution of the assembly line, which has produced billions of products, from toys to Boeing 747s, cheaply and quickly Americans overcome prejudices toward blacks and women in factories during World War II a family of auto assembly workers.
2026-05-05 08:13:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 09:04:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Every process, from beginning to end, is a unique and incredible adventure from the fiery birth of high tech golf clubs to the cataclysmic end of old buildings, get ready to race from start to finish.
2026-05-05 07:23:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 08:13:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
People have spent centuries battling foul odors, including those that arise from cesspools, rotting meat, landfills, stink bombs, cow farms, and bad breath.
2026-05-05 02:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 03:09:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
From elaborate elite training facilities to GPS-guided air drops, to revolutionary high-tech tents and fire-retardant uniforms, the episode explores the science and technology of building, operating and protecting a base in a war zone.
2026-05-05 01:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 02:18:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
A Michigan company designs water bottles the makers of bubble wrap share their secrets workers conquer the challenge of packaging the world's largest crane America's military goods and supplies are packaged.
2026-05-05 00:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 01:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Get behind the wheel and take control of the some of the largest, fastest, most powerful machines on the planet these aren't the average vehicles and handling one of these rides is unlike anything else.
2026-05-04 23:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 00:36:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
How padlocks and combination locks are made biometric locks cracking open a bank vault how the government plans to keep people away from a nuclear waste site for the next 10,000 years.
2026-05-04 22:52:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-04 23:44:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Testing the breaking points of vehicles and crash test dummies firing rounds at bulletproof glass breaching a safe the breaking points of steel and concrete.
2026-05-04 22:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-04 22:52:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The biggest machines and their smallest counterparts Airbus A380 and microjet Boss Hoss 425-horsepower bike and 18-inch tall pocket bike world's smallest production car.
2026-05-04 21:08:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-04 22:00:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Hot and spicy items Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana McCormick & Co. spices from Baltimore chili cook-off capsaicin gives peppers tongue-burning heat Michael Jordan's SolToro Tequila Grill in Connecticut.
2026-05-04 20:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-04 21:08:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A Michigan company designs water bottles the makers of bubble wrap share their secrets workers conquer the challenge of packaging the world's largest crane America's military goods and supplies are packaged.
2026-05-04 12:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-04 13:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)