Modern Marvels
The Baldwin Hills dam collapse in Los Angeles a wing separates from a passenger plane a freighter slams into a Florida bridge the Northridge earthquake of 1994.
2026-07-09 00:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-09 01:25:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Winding 6,000 kilometers through undulating mountains, it is said to be visible with the naked eye from the moon historians, engineers, and scientists explore one of the wonders of the ancient world.
2026-07-13 00:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 01:47:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
When finally completed, China's Three Gorges Dam will tower 607 feet in the air and weigh more than forty Great Pyramids along with China's Great Wall, it will constitute of the two man-made objects visible from the moon.
2026-07-12 23:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-13 00:53:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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Dynamite explodes hills, drills divide stone walls, and giant cranes pull 400,000-pound blocks from quarry pits rock serves as civilization's raw material for roads, buildings, paint, glue, makeup, antacids, and chewing gum.
2026-07-12 23:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 23:59:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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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.
2026-07-12 22:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 23:05:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Explore basements from Pompeii to Pittsburgh ancient Hittites, Phrygians, and Persians carved subterranean rooms for storage and shelter, Greeks and Romans valued them, Renaissance architects hid kitchens there, and Colonial Americans expanded use.
2026-07-12 21:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 22:11:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding.
2026-07-12 20:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 21:18:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
2026-07-12 19:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 20:27:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Since the invention of gunpowder, fireworks have thrilled audiences around the world the highlights of fireworks exhibitions throughout history, and go behind the scenes to explore how science and art mingle in this unique, ancient craft.
2026-07-12 18:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 19:33:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
Winding 6,000 kilometers through undulating mountains, it is said to be visible with the naked eye from the moon historians, engineers, and scientists explore one of the wonders of the ancient world.
2026-07-12 12:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 13:47:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
When finally completed, China's Three Gorges Dam will tower 607 feet in the air and weigh more than forty Great Pyramids along with China's Great Wall, it will constitute of the two man-made objects visible from the moon.
2026-07-12 11:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 12:53:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Dynamite explodes hills, drills divide stone walls, and giant cranes pull 400,000-pound blocks from quarry pits rock serves as civilization's raw material for roads, buildings, paint, glue, makeup, antacids, and chewing gum.
2026-07-12 11:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 11:59:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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.
2026-07-12 10:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 11:05:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Explore basements from Pompeii to Pittsburgh ancient Hittites, Phrygians, and Persians carved subterranean rooms for storage and shelter, Greeks and Romans valued them, Renaissance architects hid kitchens there, and Colonial Americans expanded use.
2026-07-12 09:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 10:11:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding.
2026-07-12 08:27:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 09:18:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
2026-07-12 07:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 08:27:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Since the invention of gunpowder, fireworks have thrilled audiences around the world the highlights of fireworks exhibitions throughout history, and go behind the scenes to explore how science and art mingle in this unique, ancient craft.
2026-07-12 06:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 07:33:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
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Wartime research and development have revolutionized communication, transportation, and medicine from Spam to nuclear power to hairspray and cell phones, life as we know it ironically owes a lot to war.
2026-07-12 00:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 01:47:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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In this history of medicine under fire, a small army of medics, nurses, surgeons, stretcher-bearers, and ambulance drivers races to keep pace with the deadly advances of war.
2026-07-11 23:59:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-12 00:53:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life now, bacteria has emerged resistant to every known antibiotic and scientists have begun to fear that the era of the wonder drugs is near to its end.
2026-07-11 23:05:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 23:59:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
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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.
2026-07-11 22:12:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-11 23:05:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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