The Nature of Things
TV-PG
8.4
1960
Documentary
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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- Cast:
- Sarika Cullis-Suzuki , Anthony Morgan
Episode 18 : Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey
April. 08,2012
Shot over twelve months, this blue chip wildlife documentary tells the story a young polar bear's epic migration through the icy waters of Hudson Bay and his subsequent adventures on land, where he must spend the ice-free season. It is his first summer alone without his mother to guide and feed him. His struggle to survive is set against the biggest environmental story of our time: climate change.
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Episode 17 : Smarty Plants
March. 22,2012
The secrets of plant behavior.
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Episode 16 : The Perfect Runner
March. 15,2012
Anthropologist Niobe Thompson explores the evolutionary past of humans.
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Episode 15 : Journey to the Disaster Zone
February. 23,2012
David Suzuki travels to the areas most affected by the tsunami on its anniversary.
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Episode 14 : Suzuki Diaries: Future City
February. 16,2012
In a new installment of Suzuki Diaries, David and his daughter, Sarika, set out to discover whether some of Canada's biggest cities are ready for the challenges of the future.
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Episode 13 : MS Wars: Hope, Science and the Internet
February. 09,2012
Multiple sclerosis patients use social media to engage in an unprecedented battle with the Canadian medical establishment for access to a controversial treatment.
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Episode 12 : The American Tiger
February. 02,2012
Most tigers today are privately owned - experts estimate that the number of tigers living in the United States is nearly double of those in the wild. What's life like for the American tiger?
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Episode 11 : Mysteries of the Animal Mind
January. 26,2012
Scientists explore the mysteries of animal consciousness and find growing evidence of compassion, cooperation, altruism, empathy, intelligence and communication in all sorts of different species.
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Episode 10 : Surviving :) The Teenage Brain
January. 19,2012
A look at the science deep within the teenage brain and a celebration of evolution's masterpiece - the years that bring us judgment, adaptation and innovation. In short the years that make us human.
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Episode 9 : Programmed to be Fat?
January. 12,2012
New science links man-made chemicals to the global obesity epidemic. Man-made chemicals may be programming us to be fat - before we're even born.
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Episode 7 : Waking the Green Tiger
December. 01,2011
Examining modern China's ideas about nature and the environment.
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Episode 6 : Myth or Science
November. 24,2011
Scientist Jennifer Gardy turns her critical eye towards the myths, lies, misunderstandings and errors behind the headlines, putting the science of the daily news to the test both in the lab and on the streets.
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Episode 5 : Emperor's Lost Harbour
November. 17,2011
In Istanbul, Turkey, workers building a railway tunnel make a remarkable discovery - an ancient harbour, buried and shrouded in mystery ...until now. Will archaeologists be able to uncover the treasures of the past before it is buried again?
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Episode 4 : Jungle Prescription
November. 10,2011
One of the most powerful hallucinogenic drugs on the planet is in a tea made from medicinal plants: it's called ayahuasca. There are studies around the world that say that this indigenous cure may also provide answers as to how to treat Western drug addicts.
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Episode 3 : The Nano Revolution: Will Nano Save the Planet?
October. 27,2011
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Episode 2 : The Nano Revolution: More Than Human
October. 20,2011
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Episode 1 : The Nano Revolution: Welcome to Nano City
October. 13,2011
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Seasons
Season 63
New hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan take on The Nature of Things, the world's longest-running science documentary series.
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