The Nature of Things - Season 50
Season 50
Network
DatesSept. 23, 2010 - März 24, 2011
Episodes
Season 50Episode 160 min
Aliens of the Deep Sea
The octopus is a close cousin of the oyster and snail. And yet, even by human standards the multi-limbed creature is considered highly intelligent. From Spain to Vancouver Island to Capri, Italy, scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.
Sept. 23, 2010
Season 50Episode 260 min
Changing Your Mind
Once thought to be incapable of fundamental change, our growing awareness of the adult brain's capacity for neuroplasticity is opening new doors to treatments for diseases and disorders once thought incurable.
Sept. 30, 2010
Season 50Episode 360 min
For the Love of Elephants
An intimate look at the bond that is formed between humans and baby orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rehabilitation centre just outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Okt. 14, 2010
Season 50Episode 460 min
Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe
Traverse the Eurasian plate across Europe — from Iceland, where new land is formed - to the Alps, where old land is destroyed.
Okt. 21, 2010
Season 50Episode 560 min
Geologic Journey 2: Along the African Rift
For millions of years the East African Rift has been widening at the seams, tearing the African plate in two.
Okt. 28, 2010
Season 50Episode 660 min
Geologic Journey 2: The Western Pacific Rim
Focusing on the Asia-Pacific side of The Pacific Rim of Fire, which stands as a living testament to the beauty and danger that powerful geologic forces can deliver. The Pacific Rim is home to half of the world's active volcanoes and ninety percent of the world's earthquakes, yet nearly 800 million people continue to live within its violent edge.
Nov. 4, 2010
Season 50Episode 760 min
Geologic Journey 2: The Pacific Rim: Americas
Nick Eyles continues to explore the Pacific Rim, this time looking at the west coast of North America.
Nov. 18, 2010
Season 50Episode 860 min
Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zone: Asia
The fiery unpredictability of Indonesia’s volcanoes at one end, the massive Himalayas at the other and millions of years of tectonic tension in between.
The collision zone of the old world is about to be the hub of the new. India, the Himalayas and the island arc of Indonesia - these lands will form the centre of the world’s next supercontinent.
Nov. 25, 2010
Season 50Episode 960 min
When North Goes South
Learning and discussing the consequences of magnetic pole inversion.
Dez. 2, 2010
Season 50Episode 1060 min
Code Breakers
Who were the first peoples of North America? Anthropologist Niobe Thompson embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery, using the latest in DNA analysis techniques to unlock the secrets behind humanity's earliest appearance in the Americas.
Jan. 13, 2011
Season 50Episode 1160 min
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands is a two-hour visual tour de force, taking viewers inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within one of the most compelling environmental issues of our time
Jan. 27, 2011
Season 50Episode 1260 min
The Last Grizzly
Filmmaker Jeff Turner documents grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades of British Columbia.
Feb. 3, 2011
Season 50Episode 1360 min
Return of the Prairie Bandit
Revisiting the 2009 release of nearly extinct black-footed ferrets in Saskatchewan to see what happened.
Feb. 10, 2011
Season 50Episode 1460 min
Raccoon Nation
Is your garbage can making raccoons smarter? Stunning footage shot in the deep, dark of night combines with groundbreaking research in this fascinating documentary to explore the remarkable ways that city life is changing raccoons.
Feb. 24, 2011
Season 50Episode 1560 min
The Real Avatar
In James Cameron's film, Avatar, an alien tribe on the distant planet of Pandora fights the human invaders bent on mining their forest home. Instead of Pandora, think Peru.
März 3, 2011
Season 50Episode 1660 min
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
David Suzuki, scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, delivers what he describes as 'a last lecture' interwoven with scenes from his life and lifetime – the major social, scientific, cultural and political events of the past 70 years.
März 13, 2011
Season 50Episode 1760 min
Save My Lake
Save My Lake is a TV documentary episode.
März 17, 2011
Season 50Episode 1860 min
50 Years of the Nature of Things
A celebration of half a century of a landmark science and natural history series, and an unrivaled Canadian institution.
März 24, 2011
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