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The Nature of Things

Season 46 2005 - 2006

  • 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 12h 53m (17 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.

17 episodes

Season Premiere

2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

46x01 Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders

Season Premiere

46x01 Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders

  • 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z45m

46th Season Premiere: A close-up look at a very large spider — the tarantula.

Examining the comeback of the sea otter in British Columbia.

2005-10-20T00:00:00Z

46x03 Earth Energy

46x03 Earth Energy

  • 2005-10-20T00:00:00Z45m

Sculptor, aviator, inventor, and filmmaker Bill Lishman documents his journey around the globe in search of earth's renewable energy.

46x04 The Secret Life of Babies

  • 2005-11-03T01:00:00Z45m

Ever wonder what babies think and do while they're waiting around to be born? Or young infants, who can't speak but still express a huge range of emotions? The Nature of Things presents a two-hour special that examines the amazing powers of the fetus and infant.

Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope looks at the situation of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and the complexity of making widespread treatment viable.

Port Hope, Ontario has all the hallmarks of an ideal small Ontario town, with one of the loveliest main streets in Canada. But Port Hope also has one big problem — thousands of tones of radioactive waste. And now the industry that created the problem wants to introduce a new potential risk in town: the proposed production of an enriched uranium fuel. Port Hope: A Question of Power follows a community for more than a year as it struggles to find answers to questions concerning the health and safety implications of the proposed project.

2006-03-24T01:00:00Z

46x07 Memory

46x07 Memory

  • 2006-03-24T01:00:00Z45m

2006-06-19T00:00:00Z

46x08 Everyday Einstein

46x08 Everyday Einstein

  • 2006-06-19T00:00:00Z45m

Everyday Einstein provides a fast-paced and jazzy look at the extraordinary impact Einstein continues to have on our daily lives.

Homo Sapiens: The Rise of Our Species will introduce you to the ultimate family tree. This story is the story of each one of us. It's the story of the birth of humanity and civilization.

Homo Sapiens deftly employs both docu-drama and interviews with key scientists to illuminate the remarkable story of the origins and development of our species.

Tom Berger returns to the North to call for a balanced approach to development.

A look at the rising interest in the ancient healing arts of traditional Tibetan medicine.

Examining how bees communicate.

Examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989.

In spite of the economic crisis and US embargo, the Cuban health system is an outstanding success story around the world.

2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

46x16 When Less is More

46x16 When Less is More

  • 2006-08-14T00:00:00Z45m

Alarm grows over rapid and massive development taking place in Alberta's booming oil sands.

2006-08-14T00:00:00Z

46x17 When Less is More

46x17 When Less is More

  • 2006-08-14T00:00:00Z45m

Alarm grows over rapid and massive development taking place in Alberta's booming oil sands.

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