The Nature of Things

  • Estrenada: Nov 1960
  • Episodios: 1046
  • Seguidores: 14
  • En emisión
  • CBC
  • Jueves a las 20
  • Documentary

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Temporada 41
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Nuclear Dynamite
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Oct 05, 2000
In the spring of 1960, a village in the western Arctic was chosen as the site of a huge nuclear experiment. Five atomic bombs would be used to dig an instant harbour nearby. Over the .. show full overview
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Breath of Life
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Oct 12, 2000
Healthy siblings offer to donate their lungs to their sister, who is dying of cystic fibrosis.
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Spare Parts
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Oct 19, 2000
A few decades ago, you'd have been hard pressed to find many survivors of transplant surgery. Today, we have come to expect that such surgery will work. Surgeon Roy Calne is one of the .. show full overview
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Lost Worlds: Wild South America
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Nov 23, 2000
South America; Ecuadorean volcanoes; waterfalls; Machu Picchu; Tierra del Fuego; glaciers.
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Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Monkey Jungles
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Nov 30, 2000
The tropical rain forest of Amazonia and the myriad animals that call its tree canopy home.
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Lost Worlds: Wild South America: The Mighty Amazon
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Dic 07, 2000
An examination into the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon basin and how wildlife adapts to the seasonal changes in river level.
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Amanda's Choice/Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
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Ene 10, 2001
Amanda's family is a carrier for a rare early-onset gene that triggers Alzheimer. It's a disease we normally associate with the elderly. In Alzheimer's, specific proteins bind to form .. show full overview
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The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy
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Ene 17, 2001
The history of the crash test dummy is traced back 50 years to its invention for the US Air Force. The dummy has saved thousands of lives. But has the time come to retire this selfless hero of countless car and airplane crashes?
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Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Penguin Shores
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Ene 24, 2001
PENGUIN SHORES is part five of the magnificent six-part BBC series Lost Worlds, covering the amazingly diverse topography of South America, and its remarkable denizens. The world's .. show full overview
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Lost Worlds: Wild South America: Great Plains
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Ene 31, 2001
Lost Worlds - A six-part series on the breath-taking natural world of South America takes viewers on a cross-continent grand tour - from the mighty Amazon to the spectacular Andean peaks .. show full overview
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Coastal Forest / Salmon Forest
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Feb 07, 2001
The Salmon Forest transports viewers to the breathtaking remote temperate rainforests, stretching 400 km along the B.C. coast from Vancouver Island to Alaska. The millions of spawning .. show full overview
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Fish Farming / The Price of Salmon
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Feb 14, 2001
On both coasts of North America, salmon have long symbolized speed, power and abundance in nature. But today salmon populations are plummeting for a variety of reasons. Aquaculture, or .. show full overview
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Surgeons of the Future
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Feb 21, 2001
Medicine in the twenty-first century is venturing beyond the realm of dreams, firing our imagination and bringing new hope in the battle against disease. Technology is advancing rapidly, .. show full overview
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Changing Ground / Maisin People In Papua New Guinea
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Feb 28, 2001
On the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea, lives a tribe of 2,000 people, the Maisin. Unlike the more remote tribes, the Maisin were among the first to have contact with Europeans. It .. show full overview
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Worst Case Scenario
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Mar 07, 2001
Albertans have traditionally been proud of their mighty petroleum industry. But lately, they have begun to question how that industry works. Nowhere is this shift more apparent than .. show full overview
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Playing with poison: Toxic legacies
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Mar 14, 2001
The documentary follows an anthropologist studying communities of children who exhibit significant and disturbing neurological differences, and looks at pesticide use as the possible cause.
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Hospital at the End of the Earth
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Mar 21, 2001
The story of the Aral Sea is a modern fable that contains a dire warning about our future. Less than 40 years ago this was a sea full of fish, the air was clear, the soil rich and the .. show full overview
41x20 Final de temporada
Ah ... the Money, the Money, the Money: The Battle for Salt Spring
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Fecha de emisión
Mar 28, 2001
Filmmaker Mort Ransen chronicles the struggle between residents and land developers on Salt Spring Island, B.C.

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