The Nature of Things - Season 48

The Nature of Things - Season 48

Season 48

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DatesOct 16, 2008 - Jul 4, 2009
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Episodes

The Hobbit Enigma
Season 48Episode 160 min

The Hobbit Enigma

One of the greatest controversies in science today: just what did scientists really find when they uncovered the tiny, human-like skeleton of a strange creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003? Since the discovery was made public a bitter dispute has split the world of anthropology.
Oct 16, 2008
Rodney's Robot Revolution
Season 48Episode 260 min

Rodney's Robot Revolution

Has the time come to meet an artificially intelligent robot? Engineer and inventor Rodney Brooks thinks so. Forget about all those shiny robotic home-helpers of the past-Brooks is out to design a robot that can think for itself!
Oct 23, 2008
The Adventurers: The Last Nomads
Season 48Episode 360 min

The Adventurers: The Last Nomads

Linguist Ian Mackenzie has tracked the last true nomadic hunting and gathering people on earth - the Penan of Borneo. Their way of life is quickly disappearing as aggressive logging interests swallow up their forest habitat.
Oct 30, 2008
The Adventurers: The Everlasting Oasis
Season 48Episode 460 min

The Adventurers: The Everlasting Oasis

University of Toronto archaeologist Tony Mills travels to the eastern desert of Egypt where he and other archaeologists have unearthed an untouched marvel: a site of over 500,000 years of uninterrupted human habitation.
Nov 6, 2008
The Adventurers: Story Told in Stone
Season 48Episode 560 min

The Adventurers: Story Told in Stone

Archeologist Edmundo Edwards pulls back the vines and trees of the jungle to find huge stone cities that sprawled across the interiors of Tahiti, Raivavae and the Marquesas Islands.
Nov 13, 2008
The Suzuki Diaries: Europe
Season 48Episode 660 min

The Suzuki Diaries: Europe

David Suzuki and his daughter Sarika head out on a road trip across Europe to see sustainability in action and meet the people who are working towards restoring the equilibrium between human needs and planetary limits.
Nov 16, 2008
The Adventurers: The Lost People of Baja
Season 48Episode 760 min

The Adventurers: The Lost People of Baja

Canadian paleo-pathologist Eldon Molto is leading the search for clues of the mysterious Pericu people of Baja California, Mexico - a fierce, primitive tribe that disappeared over a century ago, after being exposed to European disease. They left virtually nothing behind but their bones.
Nov 20, 2008
The Brain That Changes Itself
Season 48Episode 860 min

The Brain That Changes Itself

Based on the best-selling book by Toronto psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Norman Doidge, a look at how we view the human mind.
Nov 27, 2008
Gone Sideways
Season 48Episode 960 min

Gone Sideways

A light-hearted look at serendipity in science, from life-saving cancer cures to the x-ray machine and the discovery of North America.
Jan 8, 2009
Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
Season 48Episode 1060 min

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez

A saga about what happens when ordinary people struggle for justice against a huge corporation that has destroyed both their environment and their livelihoods.
Jan 15, 2009
Supercar: Building the Car of the Future
Season 48Episode 1160 min

Supercar: Building the Car of the Future

Engineering professor Brian Fleck on a quest to meet the engineers, designers and even students who are trying to build the car of the future.
Jan 29, 2009
Living City: A Critical Guide
Season 48Episode 1260 min

Living City: A Critical Guide

What's wrong with Canada's cities? What's right? Award-winning urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume takes a cross-country journey to explore the sustainability, viability and liveability of Canada's population centres.
Feb 5, 2009
Inuit Odyssey
Season 48Episode 1360 min

Inuit Odyssey

Canadian Arctic anthropologist Niobe Thompson takes us on a visually stunning journey across the North, tracing the origins of the modern Inuit.
Feb 12, 2009
American Savannah
Season 48Episode 1460 min

American Savannah

Our lawns are one of our simplest pleasures. Grass is a luxury that represents relaxation, freedom, time off and of course, time away from the world of tarmac and concrete. A wild and quirky ride into the world of one of America's longest-standing obsessions, the perfect lawn.
Jun 13, 2009
Arctic Meltdown: A Changing World
Season 48Episode 1560 min

Arctic Meltdown: A Changing World

From new companies rushing to claim the Arctic's plentiful resources to the effect climate change has had on animals as well as plant life. As the Arctic meltdown continues at an ever accelerating pace, who will protect it?
Jun 20, 2009
Arctic Meltdown: The Arctic Passages
Season 48Episode 1660 min

Arctic Meltdown: The Arctic Passages

Until recently, only a few ships braved travel through these ice-strewn waters. More and more ships cross these seas each year and with more traffic come higher risks.
Jun 27, 2009
Arctic Meltdown: Adapting to Change
Season 48Episode 1760 min

Arctic Meltdown: Adapting to Change

A look at two different Arctics - one that is the storybook land of ice, snow and polar bears and the other that is covered with petroleum plants and pipelines carrying fossil fuels.
Jul 4, 2009

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