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The Nature of Things

Season 33 1992 - 1993

  • 1992-11-05T01:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 12h (16 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.

18 episodes

Season Premiere

1992-11-05T01:00:00Z

33x01 The Last Survivors

Season Premiere

33x01 The Last Survivors

  • 1992-11-05T01:00:00Z45m

Alberta ranchers fear that a bison herd in Wood Buffalo National Park carries communicable diseases.

1992-11-12T01:00:00Z

33x02 Living With Stress

33x02 Living With Stress

  • 1992-11-12T01:00:00Z45m

Examining the relationship between illness and stress.

1992-11-19T01:00:00Z

33x03 If Caribou Could Vote

33x03 If Caribou Could Vote

  • 1992-11-19T01:00:00Z45m

Environmentalists, the oil industry and politicians debate drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

1992-11-26T01:00:00Z

33x04 The Elements

33x04 The Elements

  • 1992-11-26T01:00:00Z45m

Poet Roger McGough explains the chemical elements.

Raccoons thrive in Toronto; scientists study natural interactions dependent upon milkweed.

1992-12-17T01:00:00Z

33x06 End of the Line

33x06 End of the Line

  • 1992-12-17T01:00:00Z45m

Overfishing and other man-made problems threaten the oceans.

1992-12-24T01:00:00Z

33x07 Toys

33x07 Toys

  • 1992-12-24T01:00:00Z45m

Toys play a role in childhood development and help children learn to cope with a complex world.

1993-01-07T01:00:00Z

33x08 In the Company of Moose

33x08 In the Company of Moose

  • 1993-01-07T01:00:00Z45m

Gisele Benoit observes moose.

1993-01-21T01:00:00Z

33x09 The Mystery of the Mind

33x09 The Mystery of the Mind

  • 1993-01-21T01:00:00Z45m

How memory works, and the role it plays in our lives.

1993-01-28T01:00:00Z

33x10 Monkey Business

33x10 Monkey Business

  • 1993-01-28T01:00:00Z45m

Anthropologist Dr. Shirley Strum reveals the social behavior of a troop of African olive baboons known as the ``Pumphouse Gang.''.

New research addresses the causes of diabetes and its treatment.

1993-02-17T01:00:00Z

33x12 Baboons

33x12 Baboons

  • 1993-02-17T01:00:00Z45m

The life cycle of the baboon.

A natural park protecting one of the world's last remaining undamaged coral reefs is located off the coast of Egypt.

1993-03-25T01:00:00Z

33x14 Pumping Hormones

33x14 Pumping Hormones

  • 1993-03-25T01:00:00Z45m

Scientists study the role of hormones in disease prevention and treatment.

Close-up photography shows the plants and animals that inhabit the bogs of the world, including orchids, mosses and carnivorous plants.

1993-05-31T00:00:00Z

33x16 A Climate for Change

33x16 A Climate for Change

  • 1993-05-31T00:00:00Z45m

Global warming may cause rising sea levels and agricultural disaster.

33x17 Elephant Seals

  • no air date45m

An elephant-seal pup learns to swim, dive, sleep under water and recognize food.

33x18 No Spare Parts

  • no air date45m

Small workshops use recycled automobile parts and traditional crafting skills to produce machinery of great benefit to the local people.

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