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The Nature of Things Season 49

October. 11,2009
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8.4
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TV-PG
| Documentary

The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.

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The Nature of Things Season 49 Full Episode Guide

Episode 18 - Masters of Space
First Aired: April. 01,2010

Is space becoming a new war zone? A revealing look at the fine line between space-faring and space warfare.

Episode 17 - One Ocean: The Changing Sea
First Aired: March. 25,2010

Explore some of the most stunning underwater locations in the world and set sail on a scientific race to predict the fate of the global ocean.

Episode 16 - One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep
First Aired: March. 18,2010

Starting in the deepest part of the ocean, take a secret and magical world of bizarre creatures and new discoveries deep beneath the surface.

Episode 15 - One Ocean: Footprints in the Sand
First Aired: March. 11,2010

Ancient traditional fisheries, over-development and the places of recovery that can give us hope for a healthy future ocean all intersect.

Episode 14 - One Ocean: Birth of an Ocean
First Aired: March. 04,2010

Explore the ocean's tumultuous history and how the ocean transformed the earth into the livable, blue planet it is today.

Episode 13 - Uakari: Secrets of the Red Monkey
First Aired: February. 18,2010

A journey into the rainforests of the Peruvian amazon to investigate the mysterious Red Uakari monkey, never before filmed in the wild.

Episode 12 - My Nuclear Neighbour
First Aired: February. 11,2010

What would you do if you discovered a nuclear plant might be built right next door? Two women from Peace River Alberta journey into Ontario's nuclear heartland, to find out for themselves about life with a nuclear neighbour.

Episode 11 - Bat & Man
First Aired: February. 04,2010

Bats are scientifically extraordinary creatures. Now scientists have begun unlocking the secrets of the bat and are developing potential medical therapies based on their discoveries.

Episode 10 - The Downside of High
First Aired: January. 28,2010

Is today's strong pot damaging young minds? That provocative question is at the heart of this new documentary on recent science discoveries about marijuana and mental illness.

Episode 9 - Bugs, Bones & Botany: The Science of Crime
First Aired: January. 21,2010

Meet nature's detectives; how bugs, plants, bones ... even dust can be formidable enemies of crime.

Episode 8 - To Bee or Not to Bee
First Aired: January. 07,2010

Could bees be an early warning sign of a larger problem with our ecology? Are they the canary in the coal mine for the health of planet earth?

Episode 7 - Suzuki Diaries: Coastal Canada
First Aired: November. 22,2009

A father and daughter set out with hope on a journey of discovery to Canada's three coasts determined to find solutions for a troubled ocean and look signs of a sustainable future.

Episode 6 - Darwin's Brave New World: Publish and Be Damned
First Aired: November. 15,2009

Episode 5 - Darwin's Brave New World: Evolutions
First Aired: November. 08,2009

Episode 4 - Darwin's Brave New World: Origins
First Aired: November. 01,2009

The extraordinary and often harrowing story of Charles Darwin's 30-year struggle to piece together the mystifying puzzle he saw in nature, and publish his theory on the evolution of life on earth.

Episode 3 - Broken Tail's Last Journey
First Aired: October. 25,2009

A personal quest to discover the truth behind the disappearance of a captivating tiger, one of the world's leading tiger cameramen, tracks the escape and subsequent wanderings of a male tiger, named Broken Tail, from Ranthambore National Park.

Episode 2 - Mini Monsters of Amazonia
First Aired: October. 18,2009

A look at the astonishing and complex relationships of the "mini monsters", insects of the Membracidae family - treehoppers that live amid one of the richest ecosystems on the planet, one so mysterious most people don't even know that it exists.

Episode 1 - A Murder of Crows
First Aired: October. 11,2009

A rare and intimate glimpse into the inner life of one of the most intelligent, playful and mischievous species on the planet.

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