Modern Marvels
At the height of the Cold War, the Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
2026-07-06 09:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 10:02:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Modern Marvels
Earth's non-human inhabitants use tools, build structures, create traps, and farm Egyptian vultures crack ostrich eggs with stones, chimpanzees extract termites with tool kits, prairie dogs dig subterranean homes, and ants raise aphid herds.
2026-07-06 12:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 13:30:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Once the revolutionary force that galvanized global communications without wires, radio linked the world a century ago explore this enduring medium's long evolution from communication breakthrough to today's presence.
2026-07-06 11:44:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 12:38:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
It strikes without warning and kills in an instant we fear its might even as we use it to save a life explore the electric shock in its numerous forms.
2026-07-06 10:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 11:44:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Complex engineering failures include Sun Valley's 200-foot sinkhole, Laguna Beach landslide destroying 11 homes, Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E roof collapse killing four, Fokker F-10 crash with Knute Rockne, and Marine Electric sinking disasters.
2026-07-06 10:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 10:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
At the height of the Cold War, the Strategic Air Command controls thousands of nuclear weapons, planes and missiles.
2026-07-06 09:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 10:02:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From elaborate elite training facilities to GPS-guided air drops, to revolutionary high-tech tents and fire-retardant uniforms, the episode explores the science and technology of building, operating and protecting a base in a war zone.
2026-07-06 08:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 09:10:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Trace the butchering trade's evolution from corner butchers to industrial disassembly lines tour Chicago Stockyards remains where Sinclair, Birdseye, and refrigeration changed the industry, plus modern quality controls and rural custom butchers.
2026-07-06 07:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 08:21:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Water exists in three forms at same temperature as nature's powerful landscape carver and life supporter explore its multidimensional character from bottled water industry to nuclear reactors, irrigation systems, and artistic fountain displays.
2026-07-06 06:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 07:28:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Ice traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor and confounds scientists still trying to solve why it's so slippery.
2026-07-06 00:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 01:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
A survey of torture devices employed throughout history, ranging from the ancient Greeks' Brazen Bull to the Spanish Inquisition's elaborate mechanisms.
2026-07-05 23:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-06 00:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Corn is the largest agricultural crop in the world, and it is used in more than 3,000 diverse items, ranging from food to the plastic wrap for packaging it.
2026-07-05 22:51:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 23:43:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The technology behind the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, including the bobsled run, ski jump and speed skating.
2026-07-05 22:01:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 22:51:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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Shoes have come a long way from their humble beginnings as simple leather moccasins Nowadays footwear is built to withstand any extreme environment where a foot can tread, from the heart of a burning building to the track of an Olympic stadium.
2026-07-05 21:10:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 22:01:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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The history of soft drinks the production process at Dr. Pepper, the world's third-largest soft-drink supplier the Gatorade sports drink energy drinks the roots of ginger ale and root beer.
2026-07-05 20:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 21:10:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Adam Richman gets to see how Wise produces over 50 million bags of sweet and salty snacks per month how Jack Link's is changing the jerky game.
2026-07-05 19:29:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 20:20:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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The versatile and nutritious potato the potato's mysterious origins in South America's Andes potato knishes in New York City farming exotic potatoes in Maine large-scale potato production in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
2026-07-05 18:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 19:29:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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A computer-managed home in Colorado showcases the high-tech gadgetry destined to inhabit every wall in the future a network of walls with cutouts and Plexiglas windows reveal how pests and creepy crawlies of all kinds can congregate.
2026-07-05 14:18:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 15:09:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Every process, from beginning to end, is a unique and incredible adventure from the fiery birth of high-tech golf clubs to the cataclysmic end of old buildings, get ready to race from start to finish.
2026-07-05 13:28:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 14:18:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Ice traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor and confounds scientists still trying to solve why it's so slippery.
2026-07-05 12:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 13:28:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
A survey of torture devices employed throughout history, ranging from the ancient Greeks' Brazen Bull to the Spanish Inquisition's elaborate mechanisms.
2026-07-05 11:43:00 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 12:36:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
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