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Environmental Tech
Environmental technology is examined. Included: blue-green algae is turned into fuel; and methane from decomposing garbage is converted into clean-burning natural gas. Also: carbon sequestration and bioremediation.
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Canning
It's the unsung essential of modern life. Canning is the method of a preserving and packaging food, without which civilization would never have ventured beyond the local food supply. It changed the way the world eats and revolutionized the food industry.
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The Destroyer
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Star Trek Tech
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Barbarian Battle Tech
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More Military Movers
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Deep Sea Salvage
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It Came From Outer Space
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World's Strongest II
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Engineering Disasters of the '70s
To err is human, but when the error results in the loss of life, it's a disaster. Learn about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster, and the explosion of a tanker in Los Angeles harbor.
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Truck Stops
Join Modern Marvels as we discover how truck stops, serving more than twenty million truckers nationwide, are bigger and better than ever. These mammoth pit-stops are essential cogs in the machinery that keeps goods flowing seamlessly around the country. In this episode we'll tour the world's largest truck stop, a grand service area complete with fuel, food, parking, private showers, a movie theater, a dentist office, and a barbershop. We'll see how 18-wheelers power elaborate living quarters without idling their engines by plugging into truck stop utilities.
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Fertilizer
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Sticky Stuff
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Chocolate
It's America's favorite flavor. We eat over three and a half billion pounds of it each year. It satiated the ancients and built modern-day empires. From the equatorial fields, to the factories of moguls, and the kitchens of artisans.
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Traps
They're designed to capture...and often kill. But they don't always harm their prey; traps are often necessary to the survival of a species. Modern Marvels: Traps is the exploration of a device as old as humanity itself. We'll trap 400 lbs. Black Bears with West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologists.
Lire la suiteNature Tech: Volcanoes
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Star Wars Tech
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Extreme Aircraft II
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Deep Freeze
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World's Sharpest
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Engineering Disasters 21
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Environmental Tech II
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Most Shocking
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Fast Food Tech
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