The Nature of Things

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Swimming / Diabetes: Beating the Needle / Glass Eyes
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Season Premiere: Dr. David Suzuki profiles veteran Canadian swimmer Dan Thompson, the lifestyles of diabetics and the manufacturing of glass eyes.
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Cobra: India's Good Snake / Blue Babies / High Flight
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Cobra: India's Good Snake: Ignorance and superstition surround the cobra, threatening the members of this species which is helpful to man. Blue Babies: David Suzuki talks with .. show full overview
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Animal Imposters
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The clever methods of various creatures either to hunt or to avoid being hunted are examined in locations including Central America and Australia.
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Spas: Magic or Medicine?
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The host David Suzuki visit some of these stations in Japan and elsewhere in the world and lay eyes on the therapies that are available there. In addition, it will parallel between the .. show full overview
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The Cathedral Engineers / Neem: A Natural Insecticide / Bluebird Trails
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The Cathedral Engineers: Shot on location in France and New York City, the program looks at the history and philosophy of European gothic cathedrals. Neem: A Natural Insecticide: .. show full overview
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Salmon on the Line
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This hour-long program documents the reasons for the decline of some species of pacific salmon. The life cycles, spawning, and migration of various types of pacific salmon are studied.
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Bishnois and the Antelope / Cyclosporin / Freezing Water
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Bishnois and the Antelope: a Hindu sect known as the Bishnois live on the edge of the Rajasthan desert in northwestern India. Strict vegetarians, they have an awareness of ecology which .. show full overview
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Footsteps on the Moon / Salamanders / Iron Age Village
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The moon's role in man's history, the anatomy of salamanders, and the discovery of an iron-age village are highlighted.
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Natural Turn of Events / Kidney Transplant / Kelp
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Snappers / Inside Out / Samurai Armour
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Featured: the snapping turtle is profiled; a look at technology which enables doctors to examine the interior of the body without surgical intervention, and a visit to a Japanese craftsman's workshop where Samurai armour is made.
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Flight Simulators / Beating The Blues
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Tonight's topics: Flight Simulators - A visit to Montreal where a Canadian company produces sophisticated devices to train pilots for normal flight and for a number of situations that .. show full overview
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December 28, 1983
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Maps: From Quill to Computer / Mountain Gophers / Japanese Silk Weaving
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Maps: From Quill to Computer: The history of mapmaking, from early clay tablets to state-of-the-art renditions. Mountain Gophers: a look at the Columbian ground squirrel found in the .. show full overview
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January 11, 1984
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January 18, 1984
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The Nation Family (2)
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Lat part on this report on Japan.
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February 1, 1984
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This episode has no summary.
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Bring Back My Bonnie
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Bring Back My Bonnie. A documentary, narrated by Patricia Neal, about strokes and the painstaking therapy and perseverance needed to recover
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Decade of Delay / RH Laboratory / Hawaii Telescope
Episode overview
Tonight: a magazine edition featuring the following topics: Decade of Delay; RH Laboratory; and Hawaii Telescope.
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Gray Whale / Old Diseases in Mummies / Algae as antipolluants
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On this program: The migration of the gray whale, old diseases discovered in mummies. Algae as antipolluants.
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Water, Friend or Foe
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A film about Delta, a dutch project aimed to resume the more than 400,000 land flooded in 1953.

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