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The Nature of Things

Season 61 · 14 episodes · Nov 5, 2021

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    Episode 1

    Inside the Great Vaccine Race

    Nov 5, 2021

    The inside story of the high-stakes race to defeat a killer virus and save millions of lives.

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    Episode 2

    Nature's Big Year

    Nov 12, 2021

    When humanity hits pause, nature reboots. Scientists discover the surprising ways pandemic lockdowns affected our planet.

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    Episode 3

    The Machine That Feels

    Nov 19, 2021

    Artificial intelligence is becoming more empathic, emotionally intelligent, and creative. So what does it mean to be human?

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    Episode 4

    The New Human

    Nov 26, 2021

    Disappearing tendons? Longer legs? Artificial body parts? What will humans look like in the future?

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    Episode 5

    Chef Secrets: The Science of Cooking

    Jan 6, 2022

    The secret ingredient to becoming a better cook? Science! Top chefs and culinary experts explain the chemistry, physics, and microbiology of cooking

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    Episode 6

    Curb Your Carbon

    Jan 13, 2022

    Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Curb Your Carbon reveals the easy and effective ways we can all fight climate change ... and turn down the heat.

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    Episode 7

    In Your Face

    Jan 20, 2022

    We see faces in everything. Facial recognition is an evolutionary superpower unique to humans.

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    Episode 8

    Ice and Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis

    Jan 27, 2022

    Goodbye backyard ice rinks, mountain glaciers, and forest biodiversity: what Canada might lose due to climate change.

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    Episode 9

    Why We Dance

    Feb 24, 2022

    It may surprise you to learn that you are a dancer. In fact, we are all dancers. This film takes us into the beating heart of why humans simply must dance.

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    Episode 10

    Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography

    Mar 3, 2022

    The key element of life on Earth, it has the power to build and destroy.

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    Episode 11

    How the Wild Things Sleep

    Mar 10, 2022

    Unraveling the secrets of the most extreme sleepers of the animal kingdom. Why and how do animals sleep? How do they deal with sleep deprivation? And do animals dream?

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    Episode 12

    The Teenager and the Lost Maya City

    Mar 17, 2022

    A young Canadian is going on the adventure of a lifetime. He believes he knows the location of a lost Maya city, and he’s heading to Mexico to find it.

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    Episode 13

    The Musical Animal

    Mar 24, 2022

    We know that humans are a musical species. We sing, we dance, we groove. But are we the only musical species?

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    Episode 14

    The Science of Success

    Mar 31, 2022

    Success has little to do with performance, winners and losers are chosen by society. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to predicting success.