1. Fire
Aired: Jan 4, 20062. Nature Tech: Avalanche
Aired: Jan 11, 20063. Shotguns
Aired: Jan 18, 20064. Cola Wars
Aired: Feb 8, 2006The story behind the intense cola war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi in their qu...
5. Containers
Aired: Feb 14, 2006The history of containers and how they store and move our everyday goods.
6. Cotton
Aired: Feb 21, 2006Modern Marvels: Cotton takes us on a journey from the California cotton field...
7. Engineering Disasters 18
Aired: Feb 24, 2006Engineering disasters highlighted include a coal mine in China, a crane colla...
8. Candy
Aired: Feb 28, 2006This program explains how some of the more popular candies are made starting ...
9. Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Aired: Mar 8, 2006An analysis of the engineering failures brought on by the 2005 landfall Hurri...
10. Leather
Aired: Mar 22, 2006Today, leather is a staple of our daily lives. Modern tanners have devised te...
11. Engineering Disasters 19
Aired: Apr 26, 2006The background into the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, two Boeing 737 cras...
12. Insulation
Aired: May 2, 200613. Hi-Tech Hitler
Aired: May 3, 2006Germany is portrayed as a nation leading the world in science and technology ...
14. Shovels
Aired: May 10, 2006Drilling and drill technology are explored. Included: tunnel-boring, robotic ...
15. Drilling
Aired: May 24, 200616. '80s Tech
Aired: May 25, 2006Technology from the 1980s is remembered, including early cell phones and CD p...
17. Ben Franklin Tech
Aired: Jun 12, 200618. Heavy Metals
Aired: Jun 14, 2006Some metals are so critical to the US economy the the Federal Government reta...
19. Horsepower
Aired: Jun 19, 2006Everything related to horsepower beginning with the definition of what exactl...
20. BBQ Tech
Aired: Jun 28, 2006The history of grilling and barbecue to present day. Features how charcoal, w...
21. Pirate Tech
Aired: Jul 2, 2006Pirate technology is examined. Included: navigational instruments; ship modif...
22. World's Biggest Machines 5
Aired: Jul 3, 2006The world's largest engineering feats are explored. Included: NASA's wind tun...
23. Nuts
Aired: Jul 12, 2006The story of how nuts from harvest to consumption feed the world.
24. Batteries
Aired: Jul 26, 2006Batteries. Mixtures of metals and caustic chemicals that make our tech, tools...
25. Mummy Tech
Aired: Jul 26, 2006A wind tunnel with forty foot diameter fans... a flight simulator that's eigh...
26. Levees
Aired: Jul 28, 2006This episode of Modern Marvels explains how the development of levees helped ...
27. Water
Aired: Jul 28, 2006Water is examined as a natural wonder and as the substance that sustains life...
28. Copper
Aired: Aug 2, 2006The history and the many uses of copper including how it helped create the Br...
29. Renewable Energy
Aired: Aug 3, 2006Global problems require global solutions. Modern Marvels: Renewable Energy, a...
30. Freight Trains
Aired: Aug 3, 2006The story behind the development and the modern innovations of freight trains.
31. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Aired: Aug 3, 2006The system of rivers, bays, and sounds that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Wa...
32. Stealth and Beyond: Sea Stealth
Aired: Aug 3, 200633. Stealth and Beyond: Air Stealth
Aired: Aug 23, 2006They are the swarthy eagles of the sky: Past, present, and future advances in...
34. Ink
Aired: Aug 30, 2006The everyday uses of ink from its ancient days to the modern world
35. Distilleries 2
Aired: Sep 6, 2006A history of distilleries and the process of distilling alcohol. Included: a ...
36. World's Strongest
Aired: Sep 7, 2006Some of the world's strongest machines featured include tractor pull sleds an...
37. Tomcat Sunset
Aired: Sep 13, 2006Explore the legacy of the F-14 fighter jet, one of America's greatest aerial ...
38. Tobacco
Aired: Sep 17, 2006The history of tobacco since colonial times when the plant was first farmed i...
39. The Supermarket
Aired: Sep 18, 2006The history of supermarkets and a behind the scenes look at how they operate.
40. Breakfast Tech
Aired: Sep 20, 2006Wether it's bacon, eggs, and toast, oatmeal, a breakfast sandwich or cold cer...
41. Wine
Aired: Sep 20, 2006A look at the millennia plus long fascination of wine from its beginnings in ...
42. Harvesting 2
Aired: Sep 20, 2006In America's orchards and farm fields, the constant struggle between hand lab...
43. Engineering Disasters 20
Aired: Sep 21, 2006The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 cra...
44. Snow
Aired: Sep 26, 2006The story of snow including how it is formed and the human inventions that he...
45. Tea
Aired: Sep 27, 2006An hour steeped in the history of tea includes a visit to the Lipton Tea plan...
46. Christmas Tech
Aired: Sep 27, 2006The story behind our modern Christmas traditions including how Christmas tree...
47. Ink
Aired: Oct 4, 200648. Distilleries 2
Aired: Oct 11, 200649. World's Strongest
Aired: Oct 18, 2006Some of the world's strongest machines featured include tractor pull sleds an...
50. Tomcat Sunset
Aired: Nov 1, 200651. Tobacco
Aired: Nov 8, 200652. The Supermarket
Aired: Nov 15, 200653. Breakfast Tech
Aired: Nov 28, 200654. Wine
Aired: Nov 29, 200655. Harvesting 2
Aired: Nov 29, 200656. Engineering Disasters 20
Aired: Dec 6, 2006The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 cra...
57. Snow
Aired: Dec 10, 200658. Tea
Aired: Dec 13, 200659. Christmas Tech
Aired: Dec 20, 200660. Wind
Aired: Dec 28, 2006