The Nature of Things

  • Premiered: Nov 1960
  • Episodes: 1046
  • Followers: 14
  • Running
  • CBC
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 33
33x1
The Last Survivors
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 04, 1992
Alberta ranchers fear that a bison herd in Wood Buffalo National Park carries communicable diseases.
33x2
Living With Stress
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Air date
Nov 11, 1992
Examining the relationship between illness and stress.
33x3
If Caribou Could Vote
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Air date
Nov 18, 1992
Environmentalists, the oil industry and politicians debate drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
33x4
The Elements
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Air date
Nov 25, 1992
Poet Roger McGough explains the chemical elements.
33x5
Back Street Bandits / Milkweed
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Air date
Dec 02, 1992
Raccoons thrive in Toronto; scientists study natural interactions dependent upon milkweed.
33x6
End of the Line
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Air date
Dec 16, 1992
Overfishing and other man-made problems threaten the oceans.
33x7
Toys
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Air date
Dec 23, 1992
Toys play a role in childhood development and help children learn to cope with a complex world.
33x8
In the Company of Moose
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Air date
Jan 06, 1993
Gisele Benoit observes moose.
33x9
The Mystery of the Mind
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Air date
Jan 20, 1993
How memory works, and the role it plays in our lives.
33x10
Monkey Business
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Air date
Jan 27, 1993
Anthropologist Dr. Shirley Strum reveals the social behavior of a troop of African olive baboons known as the ``Pumphouse Gang.''.
33x11
Diabetes: Blood Sugar, Sweat and Tears
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Air date
Feb 03, 1993
New research addresses the causes of diabetes and its treatment.
33x12
Baboons
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Air date
Feb 16, 1993
The life cycle of the baboon.
33x13
Coral Reefs: Rain Forests of the Sea
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Air date
Feb 24, 1993
A natural park protecting one of the world's last remaining undamaged coral reefs is located off the coast of Egypt.
33x14
Pumping Hormones
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Air date
Mar 24, 1993
Scientists study the role of hormones in disease prevention and treatment.
33x15
The Hidden World of the Bog
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Air date
Mar 31, 1993
Close-up photography shows the plants and animals that inhabit the bogs of the world, including orchids, mosses and carnivorous plants.
33x16 Season finale
A Climate for Change
Episode overview
Air date
May 30, 1993
Global warming may cause rising sea levels and agricultural disaster.

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