The BEST episodes of Modern Marvels season 15
Every episode of Modern Marvels season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Modern Marvels season 15!
Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS tells the fascinating stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.
#1 - Carbon
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2008
Carbon is the chemical basis of all known life and yet this simple element is also the foundation of modern technology. Carbon burns hotter, cuts deeper, insulates more thoroughly and absorbs more fully than any other material. See why carbon is the key both in heavy-duty industries, as well as in tools like the graphite pencil, the charcoal water filter, and the diamond saw blade.
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#2 - Lead
Season 15 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/9/2008
A versatile yet toxic metal, lead has served mankind for 6,000 years.
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#3 - Crashes
Season 15 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/10/2008
Explore collisions that shake our world from the astronomic to the subatomic. Indy car racing; motorcycles; skydiving; meteorites; and subatomic particles.
#4 - World's Strongest 3
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2008
Witness some mind-blowing feats of strength starting with the world's most powerful elevators. Discover the world's strongest tire, the strongest mountain bike, the world's strongest land transport vehicle that carries the Space Shuttle & strongest home blender.
#5 - Mad Electricity
Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/14/2008
Nikola Tesla's bizarre vision of the future brought him failure, but his genius electrified the world.
#6 - Secrets of Oil
Season 15 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/31/2008
Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, & lubricants; none can exist without oil. If we stopped driving our cars tomorrow, America would still need 5 million barrels of oil a day.
#7 - Super Hot
Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/9/2008
Explore the world of extreme temperatures.
#8 - Ultimate Gadgets
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/4/2008
We're living in a gadget revolution. New and unimagined gizmos solve problems that we didn't even know we had. They emerge from cutting edge think tanks and tinkerers basement workshops. Will they usher in a techno utopia, or enslave us to pocket size technology?
#9 - Batman Tech
Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/21/2008
He's caped, cowled and the coolest superhero of them all, because underneath that Batsuit, Batman only has his human strength and intellect to rely on. That and the greatest arsenal of crime fighting weaponry ever devised. But just where does comic book science fiction end and scientific fact begin? What technologies are behind the gadgets in Batman's utility belt? And just how plausible is the Batmobile? Get ready for a real life trip to the Batcave as we reveal the secrets behind Batman Tech
#10 - Iron
Season 15 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/14/2008
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare; military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower; iron magnets.
#11 - Measure It
Season 15 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/23/2008
How do you weigh a whale? How does your speedometer work? Take a look at the five most common areas of measurement: distance, time, speed, weight, and temperature
#12 - Milk
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2008
Got milk? Billions of pounds of milk are consumed worldwide on a daily basis. Milk is the basis for its own food group, and has been around since the dawn of mammals. Visit a farm with a milking parlor that looks more like a cow merry-go-round. Learn what pasteurization is really all about, and even milk a yak. Find out what those active cultures in yogurt are and discover if milk truly makes the body good. Wait until you discover just how many types of cows there truly are.
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#13 - Bull's-Eye
Season 15 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/20/2008
Examining how frequently experts in various disciplines can hit their targets, including archers, sharpshooters and even a billiards player; the ancient world's ballista and trebuchet weapons; knife thrower; Cirque du Soleil's daring artists.
#14 - The Horse
Season 15 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/19/2008
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world; the thoroughbred racing industry in Kentucky; how a Minnesota logging company uses real horsepower; a Colorado program pairs horses and prison inmates.
#15 - Dangerous Roads
Season 15 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/28/2008
Take a ride along some of the world's most dangerous roads. From Bolivia's "Death Road," to California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, find the danger that waits behind every blind curve
#16 - Night
Season 15 - Episode 40 - Aired 12/26/2008
Some activities only occur when the world is dark; fishermen use lights to lure squid to their nets; finding night crawlers in Toronto; military night vision gear; police helicopter's Spectrolab spotlight; baseball stadium.
#17 - Ice Cream
Season 15 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/23/2008
From the gelato of Italy to the French Pot process of the 1800s to numerous assortments of frozen delights being served up today, learn the history of this delicious dessert.
#18 - Bread
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2008
It's the basic source of nourishment for half the world. Bake it, roast it, slice it, or toast it, it's a wonder with three simple ingredients.
#19 - Strange Weapons
Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/2008
Discover microwave-like rays that make the enemy flee; laser weapons mounted on trucks & planes that can blow missiles out of the sky; non-lethal weapons include a B.B. machine gun; and a flashing device that may make you lose your lunch.
#20 - Halloween Tech
Season 15 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/27/2008
An inside look at the technology used for the Halloween traditions such as producing latex masks, professional monster makeup, carving jack-o-lanterns, making fake blood and a glimpse of a popular haunted house attraction.
#21 - The Turkey
Season 15 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/24/2008
The turkey is the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinners and one of the dumbest birds in the animal kingdom, but it has managed to survive since the dinosaurs; Butterball factory; turkey hunting; dining on turkey testicles and eggs.
#22 - Axes
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/30/2008
The axe is one of the world's oldest, most dangerous and efficient cutting tools. Visit one of the nation's largest axe manufacturers, take a swing with a Vikings' battleaxe, then see which would win in a fight of sword vs axe. Learn why the tomahawk is making a comeback as a tactical weapon & see how the fireman's axe has evolved into a trailer full of high tech rescue tools.
#23 - Corpse Tech
Season 15 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/20/2008
Do you ever wonder what happens to your body after you die? You might be surprised to discover that the human body is host to a multitude of hidden secrets. Discover how coroners and forensic anthropologists use a body to both save lives and catch killers. Visit the University of Tennessee's famed "Body Farm," a crematorium, and one of the largest tissue banks in the United States.
#24 - Superhighways
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2008
Millions of drivers travel the world's superhighways each year. See a multi-billion dollar expansion project in Houston where a stretch of superhighway is being widened to 20 lanes & Take a ride atop the High-Five, a 12-story, five-level interchange that's become the latest Dallas tourist attraction. Then it's off to China's 28,000-mile National Trunk Highway System.
#25 - Whiskey
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2008
Visit some of the world's finest distilleries to see how each country brews this thousand-year old spirit. Go behind the scenes at Jim Beam, Jack Daniels and Canadian Club Whiskey.