All life-forms and modern technology are built on a foundation of carbon.

Information superhighway; DVDs; TiVo; GPS; Google.

How superhighways move millions of people every year.

The world's most-powerful elevators, a monster mine machine and the world's strongest mountain bike.

Strange weapons of the past and present include Japanese ninja claws, microwavelike rays, lasers.

Fishing boat pursues Alaskan pollock in the Bering Sea.

Different cultures' history, production and consumption of bread reveal its variety of forms.

The evolution of gadgets; the latest trends for the future.

The fastest locomotive that travels the French countryside.

43min | Aired on Apr 07, 2008 | TV-PG | CC

Rats are dangerous, destructive but useful animals.

Nikola Tesla creates the AC (alternating current) system of electrical power.

44min | Aired on May 14, 2008 | TV-PG | CC

The history and technology behind the ax as a weapon and tool; lumberjack competition; battle-axes.

The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano.

Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F.

44min | Aired on Jun 09, 2008 | TV-PG | CC

The human body is host to a multitude of hidden secrets even after death.

The history of ice cream.

Bathroom technology; Kohler's digital shower.

World-shaking crashes; efforts to make auto racing safer.

Brief history of undergarments; socks; bra industry.

Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes.

The secrets of oil and the many products it has spawned; oil refinery.

How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare.

How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer.

44min | Aired on Aug 21, 2008 | TV-PG | CC

Traveling some of the world's most dangerous roads.

Learning about various fungal organisms.

Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal.

America's aging infrastructure is in danger of collapse due to corrosion.

Examining how frequently experts in various disciplines can hit their targets.

The celebration of Halloween has become a $6 billion economic powerhouse.

A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world.

Salt is a versatile substance with 14,000 known uses; visiting a salt mine under Lake Erie.

Americans visit car washes 2 million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion.

Things become obsolete as technology evolves.

44min | Aired on Dec 19, 2008 | TV-PG | CC

Examining whether normal humans possess the ability to have superpowers.

How distance, time, speed, weight and temperature are measured.