Modern Marvels
Inventions for holding off a global warming meltdown include giant solar energy towers, a rooftop wind turbine, a car that runs on air and a kite that tows a cargo ship.
2026-01-31 12:49:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 13:41:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Modern Marvels
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper we'll see the 21st Century's cutting-edge "green" technologies in action.
2026-01-31 11:58:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 12:49:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Emergency room medicine has only been a recognized specialty since 1989 episode examines advances that led to the modern emergency room - from the Byzantine's establishment of the first hospitals around 1050 A.D. to today's telemedicine.
2026-01-31 11:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 11:58:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Examine Edwards Air Force Base's colorful history as America's premier flight test center for over 60 years every Air Force aircraft was tested there, including current projects like the Airborne Laser designed to destroy ballistic missiles.
2026-01-31 10:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 11:05:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, created electric lights, power systems, motion pictures, recorded sound, and tattoo pens his innovations evolved into modern CDs, iPods, satellite radio, and technologies from Internet to outer space.
2026-01-31 09:19:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 10:12:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Thomas Edison announces plans for the central lighting of New York before an electrical system exists or electric light is invented.
2026-01-31 08:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 09:19:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Close to 40% of Earth is classified as desert, but these environments offer hope through Middle East desalination, Las Vegas communities, Hoover Dam power, irrigation agriculture, solar energy, and technology enabling future Mars colonization.
2026-01-31 02:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 03:20:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Freezer unit filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream Alcor, where researchers keep cadavers on ice in hopes of future revival.
2026-01-31 01:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 02:28:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Traveling some of the world's most dangerous roads, including Bolivia's "Death Road," California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, the road to Baghdad's airport and Colorado's Million Dollar Highway highway safety off-road drivers.
2026-01-31 00:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 01:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
They block the force of a river, produce enough electricity to power cities, move water over hundreds of miles and irrigate fertile valleys.
2026-01-30 23:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 00:45:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Leonardo da Vinci remains intriguing 500 years after death beyond great artist, he was remarkable scientist and inventor whose notebooks contained incredible machines from weapons to submarines, robots, and analogue computers with workable plans.
2026-01-30 23:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 23:54:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
The Allies devise scientific and mechanical breakthroughs to thwart Hitler's Atlantic Wall and to make the D-Day invasion successful.
2026-01-30 22:09:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 23:01:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Delves into the little-known, hugely important, multi-billion-dollar industry of product testing, where wrinkles get ironed out and goods are stripped of marketing and hype to see if they work meet product testers who serve as truth squads.
2026-01-30 21:17:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 22:09:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Today's cowboys blend Old West traditions with modern technology examine 19th-century cattle industry boom, Spanish-derived saddles and ropes, barbed wire revolution, and modern computer chips, DNA evidence, and artificial insemination techniques.
2026-01-30 20:25:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 21:17:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets and gizmos and "to die for" technology that populate a digital world of acronyms.
2026-01-30 15:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 16:11:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Close to 40% of Earth is classified as desert, but these environments offer hope through Middle East desalination, Las Vegas communities, Hoover Dam power, irrigation agriculture, solar energy, and technology enabling future Mars colonization.
2026-01-30 14:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 15:20:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Freezer unit filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream Alcor, where researchers keep cadavers on ice in hopes of future revival.
2026-01-30 13:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 14:28:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Traveling some of the world's most dangerous roads, including Bolivia's "Death Road," California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, the road to Baghdad's airport and Colorado's Million Dollar Highway highway safety off-road drivers.
2026-01-30 12:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 13:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
They block the force of a river, produce enough electricity to power cities, move water over hundreds of miles and irrigate fertile valleys.
2026-01-30 11:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 12:45:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Leonardo da Vinci remains intriguing 500 years after death beyond great artist, he was remarkable scientist and inventor whose notebooks contained incredible machines from weapons to submarines, robots, and analogue computers with workable plans.
2026-01-30 11:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 11:54:00 +0000 UTC(53m)