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Modern Marvels: The Telephone.
Friday, November 27 at 1 PM EST
Modern Marvels: The Telephone.
Friday, November 27 at 7 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Cheese
Monday, November 23 at 11 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Cheese
Tuesday, November 24 at 3 AM EST
Modern Marvels: Doomsday Tech 1.
Friday, December 04 at 1 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Doomsday Tech 1.
Friday, December 04 at 7 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Fast Food Tech
Thursday, December 03 at 11 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Fast Food Tech
Friday, December 04 at 3 AM EST
Modern Marvels: The Telephone. Friday, November 27 at 1 PM EST
The Telephone.. From Alexander Graham Bell's crude creation, to today's high-speed wireless networks, we'll look into the past, present and future of the telephone. We'll visit the AT&T archives to see how the very first telephone boxes wired
Modern Marvels: The Telephone. Friday, November 27 at 7 PM EST
The Telephone.. From Alexander Graham Bell's crude creation, to today's high-speed wireless networks, we'll look into the past, present and future of the telephone. We'll visit the AT&T archives to see how the very first telephone boxes wired
Modern Marvels: Cheese Monday, November 23 at 11 PM EST
Cheese. From cheddar to brie, Parmesan to blue, take a look at both ancient techniques and new technologies behind some of the world's most popular cheeses. Visit the cow pastures of Wisconsin to the giant cheese factories of California to discover
Modern Marvels: Cheese Tuesday, November 24 at 3 AM EST
Cheese. From cheddar to brie, Parmesan to blue, take a look at both ancient techniques and new technologies behind some of the world's most popular cheeses. Visit the cow pastures of Wisconsin to the giant cheese factories of California to discover
Modern Marvels: Doomsday Tech 1. Friday, December 04 at 1 PM EST
Doomsday Tech 1.. Doomsday threats range from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots). Despite the Cold War's end, we live under the shadow of nuclear weapons, arms
Modern Marvels: Doomsday Tech 1. Friday, December 04 at 7 PM EST
Doomsday Tech 1.. Doomsday threats range from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots). Despite the Cold War's end, we live under the shadow of nuclear weapons, arms
Modern Marvels: Fast Food Tech Thursday, December 03 at 11 PM EST
Fast Food Tech. Can fast food get any faster? Fast food joints in the US pull in $150 billion dollars in annual sales. Their mantra is "fast, consistent, and inexpensive."  Learn how they grow it, process it, freeze it, ship it, track
Modern Marvels: Fast Food Tech Friday, December 04 at 3 AM EST
Fast Food Tech. Can fast food get any faster? Fast food joints in the US pull in $150 billion dollars in annual sales. Their mantra is "fast, consistent, and inexpensive."  Learn how they grow it, process it, freeze it, ship it, track
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SPACE EXPLORATION,

The space age and practical astronautics commenced with the launching of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union in October 1957 and of Explorer 1 by the U.S. in January 1958. In October 1958 the NASA was created in the U.S. During the following decades, thousands of spacecraft of all varieties were launched, mostly in earth orbit. The overwhelming majority of these were launched by the Soviet Union and by the U.S.

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1983 First African American in space
1963 The U.S.-Soviet "hot line" goes into operation
1945 MacArthur arrives in Japan
1918 Vladimir Lenin shot
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