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The Nature of Things

Season 28 1987 - 1988

  • 1987-10-15T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 13h 30m (18 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, every week presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world.

19 episodes

Season Premiere

1987-10-15T00:00:00Z

28x01 Declining Sea Birds of the Gulf

Season Premiere

28x01 Declining Sea Birds of the Gulf

  • 1987-10-15T00:00:00Z45m

Declining populations of sea birds on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Modern uses of radar, and the philosophy and science of dowsing for water.

The physiology of speech production, and fossils in shale.

Los Angeles County's toxic waste strike force, and how fish swim.

1987-11-19T01:00:00Z

28x05 The Franklin Expedition

28x05 The Franklin Expedition

  • 1987-11-19T01:00:00Z45m

The fate of the Franklin expedition through the Arctic.

The long-term effects of fall-out from Chernobyl are still being debated. The pros and cons of nuclear power have been hotly debated for the past decade, but the shock waves of the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl have brought that debate to a boil. This episode looks at that debate. How safe are reactors and waste disposal? What about uranium mining, weapons proliferation, and the economics? How safe is nuclear energy and what are the alternatives?

A year in the life of a bald eagle, and history of balloons and airships.

How zoos can help prevent the extinction of wildlife; Arctic wildlife.

1987-12-31T01:00:00Z

28x09 Spas - Magic Or Medicine

28x09 Spas - Magic Or Medicine

  • 1987-12-31T01:00:00Z45m

1988-01-07T01:00:00Z

28x10 January 6, 1988

28x10 January 6, 1988

  • 1988-01-07T01:00:00Z45m

Science and technology restructure society.

Report on perestroika (restructuring) USSR. Is she
doomed to success or failure?

1988-02-04T01:00:00Z

28x14 February 2, 1988

28x14 February 2, 1988

  • 1988-02-04T01:00:00Z45m

1988-02-11T01:00:00Z

28x15 Death of a Star

28x15 Death of a Star

  • 1988-02-11T01:00:00Z45m

1988-02-18T01:00:00Z

28x16 Next Year's Model

28x16 Next Year's Model

  • 1988-02-18T01:00:00Z45m

1988-03-03T01:00:00Z

28x17 Edge of Ice

28x17 Edge of Ice

  • 1988-03-03T01:00:00Z45m

28x19 Thinking

  • no air date45m

The process of thinking in humans.

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