Modern Marvels
Mankind harnesses electric power from a variety of sources.
2025-12-24 08:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 09:26:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Modern Marvels
Renewable energy technologies fight petroleum dependence and global warming by transforming air, water, earth, and fire into clean sources explore solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, and tidal power from experimental to massive scale solutions.
2025-12-24 07:40:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 08:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
From the Pharos of Alexandria to modern automated buoys, lighthouse history features personal stories of keepers, daring construction, and optical discoveries today these structures become inns and retreats as navigation advances.
2025-12-24 06:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 07:40:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
Salt is a versatile substance with 14,000 known uses visiting a salt mine under Lake Erie an evaporation facility harvests ocean salt near San Francisco a Florida restaurant offers 40 varieties of salt.
2025-12-24 05:53:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 06:45:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
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.
2025-12-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 05:53:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels Essentials: Coin Operated
From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the inner workings of the coin-operated world.
2025-12-24 04:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(27m)
Modern Marvels
Examine mysterious maritime tragedies including Edmund Fitzgerald's 1975 sinking, Boeing 737 rudder crashes in 1991 and 1994, secret 1959 government nuclear facility meltdown, 4-million gallon diesel storage tank failure, and more.
2025-12-24 03:41:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 04:33:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Sinkholes use of asbestos Chang River flood liquid natural-gas explosions Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
2025-12-23 21:25:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 22:19:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.
2025-12-23 20:31:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 21:25:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
A misplaced oil rig spells disaster in Louisiana West Virginia flood Exxon Valdez oil spill collapsing radio and TV antenna towers freeways and earthquakes.
2025-12-23 19:37:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 20:31:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
2025-12-23 17:53:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 19:37:00 +0000 UTC(1h44m)
Modern Marvels
Watertight compartments and a steel-plated hull convince all that HMS Titanic would be unsinkable, but a collision with an iceberg proves the belief wrong.
2025-12-23 17:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 17:53:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels Essentials: Coin Operated
From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the inner workings of the coin-operated world.
2025-12-23 16:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 17:00:00 +0000 UTC(27m)
Modern Marvels
Examine mysterious maritime tragedies including Edmund Fitzgerald's 1975 sinking, Boeing 737 rudder crashes in 1991 and 1994, secret 1959 government nuclear facility meltdown, 4-million gallon diesel storage tank failure, and more.
2025-12-23 15:41:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 16:33:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Denver International Airport baggage disaster Texas A&M bonfire M-4 Sherman tank Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993 Skyline Plaza collapse.
2025-12-23 10:19:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 11:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Sinkholes use of asbestos Chang River flood liquid natural-gas explosions Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
2025-12-23 09:25:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 10:19:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Tropicana Casino Garage collapse Transvaal Aqua Park roof collapse gas-storage explosion Bhopal chemical plant disaster.
2025-12-23 08:31:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 09:25:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
A misplaced oil rig spells disaster in Louisiana West Virginia flood Exxon Valdez oil spill collapsing radio and TV antenna towers freeways and earthquakes.
2025-12-23 07:37:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 08:31:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.
2025-12-23 05:53:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 07:37:00 +0000 UTC(1h44m)
Modern Marvels
Watertight compartments and a steel-plated hull convince all that HMS Titanic would be unsinkable, but a collision with an iceberg proves the belief wrong.
2025-12-23 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 05:53:00 +0000 UTC(53m)