Modern Marvels
Franklin: 18th century's foremost scientist creating stoves, lightning rods, and bifocal glasses.
2026-01-01 10:55:52 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 11:47:29 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Modern Marvels
DVD, CD, PDA, HDTV, PVR--used to be the ultimate in "gotta have it" gadgets.
2026-01-01 10:04:17 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 10:55:52 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Leonardo da Vinci: great artist, scientist, and inventor with incredible machine designs and plans.
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Episode counts down a list of the top ten technological innovations of the last generation.
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How things now considered obsolete worked such as the typewriter, VCR, analog TV and vinyl record.
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The Alaskan oil pipeline's technological triumph over mountains, tundra and subzero temperatures.
2026-01-01 06:40:01 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 07:33:25 +0000 UTC(53m)
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Humans adapt to extreme environments from desert to space and physiological responses to danger.
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The assembly and surprising history behind the airboat; a big-tired swamp buggy; local delicacies.
2026-01-01 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 05:48:49 +0000 UTC(48m)
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Inventions for holding off a global warming meltdown include giant solar energy towers.
2026-01-01 04:08:51 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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New technologies such as carbon sequestration and bioremediation combat environmental crises.
2026-01-01 03:19:18 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 04:08:51 +0000 UTC(49m)
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George Washington Carver invented 300 peanut uses and developed crop rotation at Tuskegee Institute.
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California's date palm trees; Wisconsin cranberry marshes; Pennsylvania's mushroom farms.
2026-01-01 01:36:41 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 02:28:32 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Hunting technology evolves from the primitive to the digital.
2026-01-01 00:44:42 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 01:36:41 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Explore american harvest methods; orchard management, fruit packing, corn fields, and more.
2025-12-31 23:54:55 +0000 UTC→2026-01-01 00:44:42 +0000 UTC(49m)
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Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking-, there's a custom machine to harvest it.
2025-12-31 23:02:01 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 23:54:55 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Dredgers, mechanical beasts, clear ports and trace back to ancient Egypt.
2025-12-31 22:09:30 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 23:02:01 +0000 UTC(52m)
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The secrets of oil and the many products it has spawned; oil refinery.
2025-12-31 21:18:34 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 22:09:30 +0000 UTC(50m)
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A look at the ingenious and outrageous men who risked a lot for "black gold" and wealth.
2025-12-31 20:27:27 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 21:18:34 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Traces the history and evolution of the world's most important fossil fuel; without gasoline.
2025-12-31 19:35:05 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 20:27:27 +0000 UTC(52m)
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A look at the many uses of acid; explosives; a sulfuric acid plant; vinegar.
2025-12-31 18:43:49 +0000 UTC→2025-12-31 19:35:05 +0000 UTC(51m)