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The Nature of Things

Season 38 1998 - 1999

  • 1998-01-09T01:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 9h 45m (13 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.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1998-01-09T01:00:00Z

38x01 Phobias: Secret Fears

Season Premiere

38x01 Phobias: Secret Fears

  • 1998-01-09T01:00:00Z45m

Season Opener: The Nature of Things hears firsthand from patients who are fighting to rule their fears, rather than be ruled by them.

1998-01-16T01:00:00Z

38x02 Lost in the Suburbs

38x02 Lost in the Suburbs

  • 1998-01-16T01:00:00Z45m

An examination of the social, economic and environmental implications of sprawl — low-density development that spreads out from the edge of cities and towns and consumes farmland, forest and wetlands.

Dr. David Suzuki looks at the world-wide illegal trade in wildlife and animal parts and the harm it is causing. Also known as Animals wanted dead or alive.

Examining new approaches to controlling and preventing diabetes; diabetic blind athlete Pam Fernandes.

1998-03-06T01:00:00Z

38x07 Hot Flash on Menopause

38x07 Hot Flash on Menopause

  • 1998-03-06T01:00:00Z45m

The citizens of the Bay of Fundy and the coast of India struggle against the policies of their government to preserve the oceans and
fishes.

1998-03-20T01:00:00Z

38x09 March 19, 1998

38x09 March 19, 1998

  • 1998-03-20T01:00:00Z45m

1998-04-10T00:00:00Z

38x10 Out of the Shadows

38x10 Out of the Shadows

  • 1998-04-10T00:00:00Z45m

This program is about reconstructive surgery and looks at children with extreme facial deformities, the difficulties they encounter and the new breakthroughs in medical technology available to them.

1998-04-17T00:00:00Z

38x11 A look on Obesity

38x11 A look on Obesity

  • 1998-04-17T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1999-05-14T00:00:00Z

38x13 Why Sex?

38x13 Why Sex?

  • 1999-05-14T00:00:00Z45m

Sexual reproduction has been the driving force behind numerous traits and characteristics, including the human propensity to feel love.

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