Friday, August 28th TV listings for Story TV (WCVB-TV3) Boston, MA
Modern Marvels Bulls-Eye
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.
Modern Marvels Bullets
Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the "safe" and "smart" bullets of today.
Modern Marvels Deadliest Weapons
Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
Modern Marvels Battle Gear
Development of weapons; evolution of body armor.
Modern Marvels Traps
Trapping black bears with West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologists; trapping and releasing feral cats left stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Modern Marvels Secret Underground
A look under the feet of Americans, from secret military installations and experimental farms to tunnel networks and neutron lasers.
Modern Marvels Keep Out
How padlocks and combination locks are made; biometric locks; cracking open a bank vault; how the government plans to keep people away from a nuclear waste site for the next 10,000 years.
Modern Marvels Axes, Swords and Knives
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian; but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Modern Marvels Bulls-Eye
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.
Modern Marvels Bullets
Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the "safe" and "smart" bullets of today.
Modern Marvels Deadliest Weapons
Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
Modern Marvels Battle Gear
Development of weapons; evolution of body armor.
Modern Marvels Traps
Trapping black bears with West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologists; trapping and releasing feral cats left stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Modern Marvels Secret Underground
A look under the feet of Americans, from secret military installations and experimental farms to tunnel networks and neutron lasers.
Modern Marvels Keep Out
How padlocks and combination locks are made; biometric locks; cracking open a bank vault; how the government plans to keep people away from a nuclear waste site for the next 10,000 years.
Modern Marvels Axes, Swords and Knives
Blade implements have been a part of civilized man's arsenal since the Paleolithic Age, when sharp tools were chipped off of flint or obsidian; but with the discovery of metallurgy, people were able to forge stronger, more versatile blade implements.
Modern Marvels Bulls-Eye
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.
Modern Marvels Bullets
Targeting the historical trajectory of bullets, ranging from their origins in the 1300s as stones and lead balls to the "safe" and "smart" bullets of today.
Modern Marvels Deadliest Weapons
Profile five deadly weapons focusing on inventors, battles, and technology: Tsar Bomba 50-megaton nuclear bomb, WWI machine guns, WWII incendiary bombs, proximity fuses for artillery detonation, and VX nerve gas chemical agent.
Modern Marvels Battle Gear
Development of weapons; evolution of body armor.
Modern Marvels Traps
Trapping black bears with West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologists; trapping and releasing feral cats left stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Modern Marvels Secret Underground
A look under the feet of Americans, from secret military installations and experimental farms to tunnel networks and neutron lasers.
Modern Marvels Keep Out
How padlocks and combination locks are made; biometric locks; cracking open a bank vault; how the government plans to keep people away from a nuclear waste site for the next 10,000 years.
Search for the Lost Giants Unraveling the Mystery
Brothers Jim and Bill Vieira come across a previously unknown hidden chamber where they believe a giant skeleton may be buried.