The Nature of Things - Season 42

The Nature of Things - Season 42

Season 42

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Datesoct. 2, 2001 - avr. 9, 2002
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Episodes

Me, My Brain and I: Unmasking the Mystery of the Conscious Mind
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
Warnings from the Wild
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
Touch: The Forgotten Sense
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
Psychopaths
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
Drug Deals: The Brave New World of Prescription Drugs
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
Bioterror
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
Race Against Time
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
Return of the Peregrine
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.
déc. 4, 2001
Genetically Modified Foods
Season 42Episode 960 min

Genetically Modified Foods

déc. 11, 2001
Living Forever
Season 42Episode 1060 min

Living Forever

janv. 8, 2002
Self-Experimenters
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.
janv. 22, 2002
Morphine on Trial
Season 42Episode 1360 min

Morphine on Trial

mars 5, 2002
CYBERMAN: Canada's Original Cyborg
Season 42Episode 1460 min

CYBERMAN: Canada's Original Cyborg

mars 12, 2002
Wired for Life
Season 42Episode 1560 min

Wired for Life

mars 19, 2002
Intuition
Season 42Episode 1660 min

Intuition

mars 26, 2002
Beluga Speaking Across Time
Season 42Episode 1760 min

Beluga Speaking Across Time

avr. 9, 2002

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