The Nature of Things - Season 42
Season 42
Network
DatesOct 2, 2001 - Apr 9, 2002
Episodes
Season 42Episode 160 min
Me, My Brain and I: Unmasking the Mystery of the Conscious Mind
Bob thinks but doesn't feel. Christina feels but has trouble thinking. Virginia can neither think or feel as she's pulled down into a spiral of darkness that zaps her very will to survive. Kent lives within a 20-minute time span, unable to remember his past or plan for his future. Each of these people has had an injury to a part of the brain called the frontal lobes and their stories, told in Me, My Brain And I, are helping neuroscientists unravel the mystery of what makes us distinctly human.
Oct 2, 2001
Season 42Episode 260 min
Warnings from the Wild
All over the planet, temperature increases are affecting wildlife. Some species are spreading to new areas. For others, climate change means extinction. THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents Warnings From The Wild, a documentary that draws together recent evidence of the effects of the biggest climatic upheaval in 10,000 years.
Oct 9, 2001
Season 42Episode 360 min
Touch: The Forgotten Sense
A film about the amazing, but often overlooked sense of touch. The film takes us on an artistic and scientific journey from a woman who has completely lost her sense of touch, to a deaf-blind child that can understand speech through his fingers.
Oct 16, 2001
Season 42Episode 460 min
Psychopaths
A documentary that looks at the understanding of this condition in the scientific community, and what hope there is for treatment, therapy or a cure.
Oct 23, 2001
Season 42Episode 560 min
Drug Deals: The Brave New World of Prescription Drugs
Are our regulatory agencies doing their best to ensure drug safety? Or are they buckling to corporate pressure to market lucrative new drugs before they are adequately tested? These are questions raised in DRUG DEALS: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Nov 13, 2001
Season 42Episode 660 min
Bioterror
Since the September 11th terrorist attack on The World Trade Center, the news has been saturated with information about a new threat, bio-terrorism. But how new is it? THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents BIOTERROR, an exploration of the past, present and future of bio-terrorism.
Nov 20, 2001
Season 42Episode 760 min
Race Against Time
It's an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with the HIV virus worldwide, with over 25 million of them in Africa. More than 21 million people have died of AIDS, nearly 17 million in Africa alone. THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents RACE AGAINST TIME, a film about the greatest challenge of the 21st century and the work of Canadian Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Nov 27, 2001
Season 42Episode 860 min
Return of the Peregrine
Adept at diving at speeds normally reserved for fighter pilots, the peregrine falcon is the fastest and most widely dispersed creature on the planet. A one-hour documentary, RETURN OF THE PEREGRINE chronicles this majestic bird of prey's journey back from the brink of extinction.
Dec 4, 2001
Season 42Episode 960 min
Genetically Modified Foods
Dec 11, 2001
Season 42Episode 1060 min
Living Forever
Jan 8, 2002
Season 42Episode 1160 min
Self-Experimenters
Most major advances in medicine and science and are made by people who push the envelope. From morphine to cardiac surgery, we owe much to the risks taken by scientists of the past who have experimented on their own bodies to make new discoveries.
Jan 22, 2002
Season 42Episode 1360 min
Morphine on Trial
Mar 5, 2002
Season 42Episode 1460 min
CYBERMAN: Canada's Original Cyborg
Mar 12, 2002
Season 42Episode 1560 min
Wired for Life
Mar 19, 2002
Season 42Episode 1660 min
Intuition
Mar 26, 2002
Season 42Episode 1760 min
Beluga Speaking Across Time
Apr 9, 2002
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