Modern Marvels News

Physics is unimpressed by your bravado, intolerant of your negligence, and unaware of your time schedule.

The History Channel recently aired a show called "Modern Marvels: Banks" which first caught my ear early in the show when they reported that: "soon it may even be possible to do your banking in the kitchen, using a microwave oven .

A while back, we posted about a picture of a big machine I had stumbled across. Sometime after that, it was identified as a mining machine over in Europe, complete with many pictures.

TOP 20 DANCERS: Ten couples perform and compete on 'So You Think You Can Dance' 8 p.m. Fox.

Created in 1994, "The Darkness" haunted house, located in downtown St. Louis near the Soulard Market, continues to terrify every year around the time of Halloween.

Emporiaa s Dolly Madison plant has been a draw this year for cable television networks.

There are few, if any, other roads in the world that are as significant for gearheads as those remaining polished stretches of German highway that remain unhindered by speed limits.

The Wichita Falls Times Record News has a story about Mark Potter of Vernon, Texas, who's been a longtime aficionado of Route 66.

The Tappan Zee Bridge will be featured Sunday in 'The Crumbling of America,' an episode in the 'Modern Marvels' series on The History Channel.

"Walt Disney World History" , part of the "Modern Marvels" series, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Florida theme parks and the technological innovations driving the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom -- plus the many resort hotels that surround the parks.

In between favorites like WWII documentaries , Modern Marvels , and Gangland , the History channel occasionally dabbles in supernatural themed programming.