Modern Marvels Episode Guide

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'90s Tech

Original Airdate: 2008-02-07

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Technologies of the 1990s: the information superhighway; DVDs; TiVo; GPS; Google; Amazon distribution center; virtual pets; George Foreman's grill.

Original Airdate: 2008-01-21

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Worlds Biggest Machines 2

Original Airdate: 2008-01-21

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Carbon

Original Airdate: 2008-01-14

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All life-forms and modern technology are built on a foundation of carbon; the steel industry; coal-fired power plants; graphite pencils; a charcoal water filter; diamonds.

Milk

Original Airdate: 2008-01-07

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Around the world, people consume billions of gallons of milk every day; a cow-milking parlor; pasteurization; a three-story milk evaporator; milking a yak; the world's largest butter churn; yogurt.

Radios

Original Airdate: 2008-01-04

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Fast Food Tech

Original Airdate: 2007-12-26

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Vendors grow, process, freeze, ship, track and cook fast-food across the U.S.; the history of fast-food chains.

Cold Cuts

Original Airdate: 2007-12-17

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The history and production of cold cuts.

Most Shocking

Original Airdate: 2007-12-10

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The electric shock comes in many forms, including lightning, stun guns, eels and the electric chair.

Rocks

Original Airdate: 2007-12-03

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Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; moon rocks provide clues to how planets were formed; quarrying marble and granite; blasting at a sand-and-gravel pit.

The Pig

Original Airdate: 2007-11-27

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Some say pigs are as smart as 3-year-old humans; turning pigs into bacon, ham, ribs and sausage; boar semen collection; the use of pig organs in medicine.

Corn

Original Airdate: 2007-11-19

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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.

Environmental Tech II

Original Airdate: 2007-11-12

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Inventions for holding off a global warming meltdown include giant solar energy towers, a rooftop wind turbine, a car that runs on air and a kite that tows a cargo ship.