The Nature of Things - Season 48
Season 48
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DatesOct 16, 2008 - Jul 4, 2009
Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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