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Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
S10, EP37 "Engineering Disasters 9"
Grain-elevator explosion; freighter crashes into mall; collapse of Rosemont Horizon; Schoharie Bridge collapse; airship crash.
S10, EP42 "Engineering Disasters 11"
Sinkholes; use of asbestos; Chang River flood; liquid natural-gas explosions; Hyatt Hotel walkway collapses.
S10, EP44 "Engineering Disasters 12"
Denver International Airport baggage disaster; Texas A&M bonfire; M-4 Sherman tank; Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster of 1993; Skyline Plaza collapse.
S10, EP46 "Engineering Disasters 13"
A toxic waste dump at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; software flaws render Patriot Missiles inaccurate; the collapse of 7 World Trade Center; the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
S16, EP13 "Stink"
People have spent centuries battling foul odors, including those that arise from cesspools, rotting meat, landfills, stink bombs, cow farms, and bad breath.
