The Nature of Things

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The Sleep Famine
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24, 1999
A nuclear power plant whether Chernobyl or this one near Toronto, is not a place you want run by people who are half asleep. But from all over, from surgeons, police, parents, you hear .. show full overview
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Do Parents Matter?
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07, 1999
These are 12-year-old Americans. Like all children their age, their personalities are already well defined. We assume their personalities come from their parents but a controversial new .. show full overview
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Phallacies
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04, 1999
Season Opener: Myths and misconceptions are often born from the concealment of facts. This program brings the penis front and center for an unfettered study of the male organ's place in history, art, religion, and contemporary life.
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The Hidden Killer: Portrait of an Epidemic
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18, 1999
Imagine if a new disease suddenly began to kill off some of the healthiest young people in your community. Starting with flu-like symptoms, it soon escalates and kills its victims within .. show full overview
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Parkinson's: Lynda's Story
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25, 1999
Despite astonishing advances in many areas of modern medicine, the treatment of Parkinson's disease has changed very little since drug therapy was introduced nearly 40 years ago. Today .. show full overview
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Lost
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08, 1999
We've all felt the terror of being lost - even for just a few moments. We lose our way; a child unexpectedly vanishes in the aisles of a supermarket.
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Designing for Dignity: Engineering Body Parts
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22, 1999
A baby perfect in every detail. Every one of the billions of cells in this baby carry all of the genetic information needed to produce every part of the body. But what happens if this .. show full overview
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Race for the Future
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29, 1999
When David Suzuki was born 1936, there were two billion human beings. In his lifetime, our population has tripled. And in that time, virtually all of the modern things that we take for .. show full overview
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Race for the Future, Part 2
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06, 1999
In our previous program, we saw how science and technology have presented us with a paradox -- a world in which we are increasingly powerful yet increasingly vulnerable at the same time. .. show full overview
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Silent Sentinels
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21, 2000
Mass bleaching of coral has swept the world's tropical oceans, in places leaving hundreds of miles of coral coastline severely damaged. This program examines the issues associated with .. show full overview
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Wild Goose Chase
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28, 2000
Wild Goose Chase explores the ways in which city-dwelling Canada Geese and arctic-nesting Lesser Snow Geese have turned the modern, human-altered landscape to their advantage.
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Humans: Who are We, Part 1 - The Birth of The Human Mind
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13, 2000
The Birth of The Human Mind takes viewers on an amazing journey back in time, exploring the use of language, tools and how our distant ancestors came to walk.
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Humans: Who Are We?, Part 2 - The Human Invasion
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20, 2000
Did we kill off our cousins, interbreed and merge with them, or did they just die out? It took five million years for an upright ape to evolve into an agile, quick-thinking and inventive human being.
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Weather: Dragons of Chaos
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27, 2000
Violent thunderstorms develop in the heat of spring and summer. The heat quickly draws large amounts of water vapour into the air. As the cloud grows, it rises high into the atmosphere. .. show full overview

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