Modern Marvels
The transmission of forces from point to point through fluid opens the door for the Industrial Revolution.
2025-12-19 08:30:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 09:24:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Modern Marvels
Mechanical feats of strength by the world's most-powerful elevators, a monster mine machine, the world's strongest mountain bike, a space vehicle transporter and an unbeatable blender.
2025-12-19 07:39:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 08:30:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
What does it take to rate as "the world's strongest"? Watch as life-saving boron carbide body armor, strong enough to stop 9mm machine gun bullets at point-blank range, is put to the test.
2025-12-19 06:47:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 07:39:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Strength measurement explores why some things are stronger than others examine rope, tractor, diamond, tugboat, and plastic strength from Spectra fiber to Lexan, discovering where, how, and why strength matters in daily life applications.
2025-12-19 05:55:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 06:47:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Firefighting!: The Arson Detectives
The work of arson detectives, from a suspicious fire in Houston to the motives behind recent church fires.
2025-12-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 05:55:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels Essentials: Bathroom Tech
From banishing waste to battling B-O, the modern bathroom is full of wonders, all devoted to keeping us clean.
2025-12-19 04:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(27m)
Modern Marvels
A jet truck that can travel 300 mph the Baltimore Technical Assistance Response Unit's mobile command truck a garbage truck with an articulated arm how SWAT, bomb squad, HAZMAT, and crime scene specialty trucks are built.
2025-12-19 03:40:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 04:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
In one of the greatest building achievements in history, East and West were joined by a thin ribbon of steel and wood.
2025-12-18 23:14:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-19 00:10:00 +0000 UTC(56m)
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.
2025-12-18 22:21:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 23:14:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The world's first underground railway holds London together.
2025-12-18 21:26:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 22:21:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
An underground subway system transforms the bustling metropolis of Athens, Greece, alleviating chronic traffic problems, meeting the needs of the 2004 Olympics and uncovering thousands of invaluable artifacts.
2025-12-18 20:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 21:26:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Two ribbons of concrete span the largest inland body of water in Louisiana, forming the world's longest automobile bridge.
2025-12-18 19:39:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 20:33:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The Pacific Coast Highway winds from exclusive retreats in Malibu, Calif., to the wilds of Washington state.
2025-12-18 18:46:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 19:39:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The Overseas Highway links mainland Florida with the Florida Keys, and contains 51 bridges, including the Seven-Mile Bridge a 175-million refurbishment that ended in 1982 resulted in today's remarkable Overseas Highway.
2025-12-18 17:52:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 18:46:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Construction of the California Department of Transportation Headquarters design excavation skeleton hurricane- and earthquake-proofing structural systems.
2025-12-18 17:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 17:52:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The world's first underground railway holds London together.
2025-12-18 09:26:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 10:21:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
An underground subway system transforms the bustling metropolis of Athens, Greece, alleviating chronic traffic problems, meeting the needs of the 2004 Olympics and uncovering thousands of invaluable artifacts.
2025-12-18 08:33:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 09:26:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Two ribbons of concrete span the largest inland body of water in Louisiana, forming the world's longest automobile bridge.
2025-12-18 07:39:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 08:33:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
The Pacific Coast Highway winds from exclusive retreats in Malibu, Calif., to the wilds of Washington state.
2025-12-18 06:46:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 07:39:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The Overseas Highway links mainland Florida with the Florida Keys, and contains 51 bridges, including the Seven-Mile Bridge a 175-million refurbishment that ended in 1982 resulted in today's remarkable Overseas Highway.
2025-12-18 05:52:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-18 06:46:00 +0000 UTC(54m)