It traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor, and confounds scientists.

Dirt transforms a stadium; special mud helps pros grip baseballs; mud wrestling in Hawaii.

44min | Aired on Jan 14, 2010 | TV-PG | CC

Charting an egg's journey from the henhouse to the breakfast table.

The story of tuna, the most popular fish in the American diet; fishing and canning operations.

The technology behind the Winter Olympics, including the bobsled run, ski jump and speedskating.

Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds "bling" to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.

Vehicle assembly; building a home in a week; high-tech golf clubs; building demolition.

Beans; converting soybeans into various products; New England baked beans; hummus.

Hot and spicy items; Tabasco sauce made by McIlhenny Co. in Louisiana; McCormick spices.

The complex logistics behind creating feasts for huge crowds; dining aboard a Navy sub; NFL game.

Funnel cakes; churros; frog legs; Twinkies and Coke; forging a cast iron frying pan.

The history of soft drinks; the production process at Dr. Pepper.

Delivering everything from pizza to packages; racehorses ride a special jet; bicycle messengers.

Helicopters have proven their worth in a wide array of uses.

The largest, strongest and most unique ships; flipping oceanography research vessel; cruise ship.

The biggest machines and their smallest counterparts; Airbus A380 and microjet.

Testing the breaking points of vehicles and crash test dummies; firing rounds at bulletproof glass.

How padlocks and combination locks are made; biometric locks; cracking open a bank vault.

Steam power; Jay Leno fires up two steam cars and an 11-ton steam tractor; locomotive; steamboat.

Entries and exits; world's tallest doors at the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

Visiting the U.S. Library of Congress to explore the contents of secret vaults.

The top 10 technological innovations of the last generation.

Supersized stores try to meet their greatest challenge -- keeping up with demand on a massive scale.

44min | Aired on Oct 29, 2010 | TV-PG | CC

Rhe historic one-armed bandits; computerized slot machines; the wackiest vending machines.

44min | Aired on Nov 12, 2010 | TV-PG | CC

From a massive oil spill to refinery blaze to a downed plane, find out what went wrong.

From natural instincts to using complex training, dogs are perfectly engineered marvels.

Amazing, ingenious and ultrasturdy materials help to ensure the continuation of society.

A look under the feet of Americans, from secret military installations to neutron lasers.

The oldest flag manufacturer; the last US athletic shoe factory; strange alternative transportation.

43min | Aired on Dec 17, 2010 | TV-PG | CC

Behind the wheel of some of the largest, fastest and most powerful machines on the planet.

Find out everything there is to know about growing, harvesting and milling rice.