Modern Marvels
Unearthing the many murky mysteries of the soil plunging into the muck that paved the way for groundbreaking innovations.
2026-06-20 23:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 00:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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How padlocks and combination locks are made biometric locks cracking open a bank vault how the government plans to keep people away from a nuclear waste site for the next 10,000 years.
2026-06-21 12:36:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 13:26:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
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.
2026-06-21 11:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 12:36:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
We examine more threats--both natural and manmade--that may endanger civilization from the far reaches of space to tiny viruses, doomsday sources are many.
2026-06-21 10:54:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
World War I is the first lethal combination of Industrial Age technology and war on a large scale.
2026-06-21 10:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 10:54:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
From the earliest recorded account of an amputation and subsequent prosthesis in ancient Hindu writings, to today's use of plastics and space-age materials, we chronicle the long history of prosthetic devices.
2026-06-21 09:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 10:02:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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A visit to a rolling mill where aluminum skins for jets are made aluminum is used to make reflective mirrors for telescopes at NASA the process of making aluminum foil why aluminum baseball bats are better than wood.
2026-06-21 08:21:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 09:11:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Modern Marvels
Heavy metals occupy select periodic table portions and are essential to America's economic and military might, stored in National Defense Stockpile vital metals include copper, uranium, lead, zinc, nickel, and corrosion-resistant superalloys.
2026-06-21 07:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 08:21:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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After an oxygen tank explodes, scientists and engineers race against time to save the crew of crippled spacecraft Apollo 13 the mission, which nearly ended in tragedy, becomes a resounding success and exemplifies NASA's finest hour.
2026-06-21 06:39:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 07:30:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.
2026-06-21 00:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 01:30:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Unearthing the many murky mysteries of the soil plunging into the muck that paved the way for groundbreaking innovations.
2026-06-20 23:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-21 00:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Adam Richman visits a central Pennsylvanian cheese maker with an award-winning mozzarella inside grocery giant Kroger as they slice, shred and package over 2.5-million lbs. of cheese per week.
2026-06-20 22:56:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 23:45:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Tours of some of the world's finest whiskey distilleries demonstrate how different countries put their unique stamps on an ancient drink called the "water of life" Jack Daniel's Jim Beam Canadian Club Jameson's Glenlivet.
2026-06-20 22:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 22:56:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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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.
2026-06-20 21:13:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 22:04:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster fighting fire with fire, they place explosives around the flames to blow it out, or douse it with tons of water.
2026-06-20 20:22:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 21:13:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Mankind harnesses electric power from a variety of sources.
2026-06-20 19:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 20:22:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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Steam power Jay Leno fires up two steam cars and an 11-ton steam tractor built in 1860 coal-burning boiler century-old steam locomotive paddlewheel steamboat.
2026-06-20 18:38:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 19:30:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.
2026-06-20 12:37:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 13:30:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Unearthing the many murky mysteries of the soil plunging into the muck that paved the way for groundbreaking innovations.
2026-06-20 11:45:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 12:37:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
Adam Richman visits a central Pennsylvanian cheese maker with an award-winning mozzarella inside grocery giant Kroger as they slice, shred and package over 2.5-million lbs. of cheese per week.
2026-06-20 10:56:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Tours of some of the world's finest whiskey distilleries demonstrate how different countries put their unique stamps on an ancient drink called the "water of life" Jack Daniel's Jim Beam Canadian Club Jameson's Glenlivet.
2026-06-20 10:04:00 +0000 UTC→2026-06-20 10:56:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
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