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Modern Marvels Season 14

January. 17,2007

8.1

TV-PG

| Documentary

HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.

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Modern Marvels Season 14 Full Episode Guide

Episode 44 - Fast Food Tech

First Aired: December. 24,2007

Episode 43 - Cold Cuts

First Aired: December. 17,2007

Episode 42 - Most Shocking

First Aired: December. 10,2007

Episode 41 - Rocks

First Aired: December. 03,2007

Episode 40 - The Pig

First Aired: November. 27,2007

Episode 39 - Corn

First Aired: November. 19,2007

Episode 38 - Environmental Tech II

First Aired: November. 12,2007

Episode 37 - Engineering Disasters 21

First Aired: October. 25,2007

Episode 36 - World's Sharpest

First Aired: October. 11,2007

Episode 35 - Acid

First Aired: October. 01,2007

Episode 34 - Deep Freeze

First Aired: September. 25,2007

Episode 33 - Extreme Aircraft II

First Aired: September. 20,2007

Episode 32 - Star Wars Tech

First Aired: September. 03,2007

Episode 31 - Nature Tech: Volcanoes

First Aired: August. 29,2007

Episode 30 - Traps

First Aired: August. 27,2007

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.

Episode 29 - Vacuums

First Aired: August. 23,2007

Episode 28 - Bedroom Tech

First Aired: August. 13,2007

Episode 27 - Chocolate

First Aired: August. 06,2007

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.

Episode 26 - Sticky Stuff

First Aired: July. 30,2007

Episode 25 - Aluminum

First Aired: July. 25,2007

Episode 24 - Saws

First Aired: July. 18,2007

Episode 23 - Cheese

First Aired: June. 27,2007

Episode 22 - Fertilizer

First Aired: June. 20,2007

Episode 21 - Truck Stops

First Aired: June. 13,2007

Episode 20 - 70s Tech

First Aired: May. 30,2007

Episode 19 - Engineering Disasters of the '70s

First Aired: May. 30,2007

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.

Episode 18 - World's Strongest II

First Aired: May. 23,2007

Episode 17 - It Came From Outer Space

First Aired: May. 16,2007

Episode 16 - 60s Tech

First Aired: May. 16,2007

Episode 15 - Welding

First Aired: May. 09,2007

Episode 14 - Deep Sea Salvage

First Aired: May. 02,2007

Episode 13 - More Military Movers

First Aired: April. 18,2007

Episode 12 - Yard Tech

First Aired: April. 12,2007

Episode 11 - Dams

First Aired: March. 28,2007

Episode 10 - Barbarian Battle Tech

First Aired: March. 07,2007

Episode 9 - Weapons of Mass Destruction

First Aired: February. 21,2007

Episode 8 - Star Trek Tech

First Aired: February. 18,2007

Episode 7 - The Destroyer

First Aired: February. 13,2007

Episode 6 - More Ice

First Aired: February. 11,2007

Episode 5 - Ice

First Aired: February. 11,2007

Episode 4 - Pumps

First Aired: February. 07,2007

Episode 3 - Canning

First Aired: January. 31,2007

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.

Episode 2 - Environmental Tech

First Aired: January. 24,2007

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.