The Nature of Things

  • : 1960
  • : 1046
  • : 15
  • CBC
  • 20
  • Documentary

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54x1
Stonehenge Uncovered
Episode overview
09, 2014
The biggest archaeological survey ever conducted of the Stonehenge landscape finds new evidence of a lost civilization.
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Gorilla Doctors
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16, 2014
A team of veterinarians provide extreme medical care to save the wild mountain gorillas of Africa from extinction.
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Dreams of the Future
Episode overview
23, 2014
Dr. Jennifer Gardy explores current scientific research that will impact us all in the future looking at everything from 3D printing body parts to driverless car and tree cloning.
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The Cholesterol Question
Episode overview
30, 2014
If high cholesterol equals heart attacks, why do half of the victims have “normal” levels?
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Decoding Desire
Episode overview
06, 2014
From preening peacocks to promiscuous primates, what do animals reveal about our own sexual behaviour? Explore how sexual diversity and the experience of pleasure itself may be the key to species survival.
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Chasing Snowflakes
Episode overview
13, 2014
Scientists are unraveling the delicate mysteries of the snowflake. And what they’re learning is amazing.
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The Secret Life of Pigeons
Episode overview
20, 2014
A look at the often misunderstood pigeon, big city birds maligned with a low rent reputation of their intelligence.
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Two of a Kind
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27, 2014
Director Leora Eisen asks why her identical twin was diagnosed with leukemia and she wasn't. A look at how twins are solving medical mysteries as researchers examine the differences between them.
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Myth or Science 3: You Are What You Eat
Episode overview
08, 2015
Jennifer Gardy takes an extraordinary scientific journey to put food claims to the test and discover if they’re science fact or science fiction.
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The Lion in Your Living Room
Episode overview
15, 2015
Despite that cats are the most-popular pet in the world, very little is known about them.
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Mystery of the Monsoon
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29, 2015
A look at the vast season weather system that permeates and unifies India, shaping the conditions of existence for its billion-plus inhabitants.
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The Kung Fu Meerkats
Episode overview
05, 2015
A close-up look at a family of meerkats faced with surviving some of Africa's toughest drought conditions in the Kalahari desert.
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The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species
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12, 2015
Like other kinds of human who once shared our world, Homo sapiens should have died away. Discover how our species faced near extinction in Africa, and then found a place to rebuild. .. show full overview
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The Great Human Odyssey: The Adaptable Ape
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19, 2015
How did we become our planet’s only global species, at home in every environment on Earth. Learn how our ancestors found a way through the deserts and out of Africa. Explore the meeting .. show full overview
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The Great Human Odyssey: Journey’s End
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26, 2015
Early humans eventually colonized Australia, the South Pacific, and the Americas. But how did our ancestors master the oceans? Learn how new discoveries in ancient DNA research are .. show full overview
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The Antibiotic Hunters
Episode overview
05, 2015
Increasing resistance to antibiotics has been called “the most pressing global health problem of our time”. A new documentary travels to an ocean reef, a rainforest canopy, a frigid cave .. show full overview
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Safe Haven for Chimps
Episode overview
12, 2015
The touching story of how some very special chimpanzees find sanctuary and a new family when they are retired from a life in the lab.
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SongbirdSOS
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19, 2015
'It seems inconceivable that we have lost almost half the songbirds that filled our skies only 40 years ago. SongbirdSOS takes a journey with the birds to discover why this is happening and what we can do about it.
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Spirit Bear Family
Episode overview
26, 2015
Canada’s top nature documentarians spend a season with the fabled Spirit Bear of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, capturing a mother spirit bear and her cubs.
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Jellyfish Rule!
Episode overview
02, 2015
No brains, no backbone, no problem! 600 million years ago jellyfish ruled the oceans. Now these mysterious and magnificent creatures may be taking over the oceans once again. Only this time, they’re doing it with our help.
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Franklin’s Lost Ships
Episode overview
09, 2015
Last summer, 170 years after it left England, one of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus, was found in the Canadian Arctic. Our cameras were on board to witness this extraordinary underwater

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