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Episode list

The Nature of Things
The Polar Bear
Sun, Jan 16, 1972
  • S12.E8
  • The Polar Bear
Pictorial life history of Arctic animals throughout seasons.
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Lobsters And The Sea
Sun, Jan 23, 1972
  • S12.E9
  • Lobsters And The Sea
A glimpse into world of most unusual, amusing inhabitant of our oceans and seas - lobster.
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Vanishing Peoples: Yanomami
Sun, Jan 30, 1972
  • S12.E10
  • Vanishing Peoples: Yanomami
Documentary look at Yanomami, a fast-vanishing Indian tribe inhabiting tropical rainforest of Upper Orinoco River in southeastern Venezuela and Northern Brazil.
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Banting, Best And Insulin

S12.E1 ∙ Banting, Best And Insulin

Sun, Oct 03, 1971
Season opener: The Nature of Things looks at discovery of insulin by Dr Frederick Banting and Dr Charles Best and deals with current Canadian research into diabetes.
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Cancer In Canada

S12.E2 ∙ Cancer In Canada

Sun, Oct 10, 1971
Chances of recovery by a cancer patient in Canada are examined. Guests: Dr James Till, Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital, and Dr Robert Taylor of National Cancer Institute.
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Episode #12.3

S12.E3 ∙ Episode #12.3

Sun, Oct 24, 1971
A look at research which may bring hope to sufferers of a crippling disorder that affects those on older side of generation gap.
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The Living Arctic

S12.E4 ∙ The Living Arctic

Sun, Nov 28, 1971
The Nature of Things presents first part of its highly acclaimed White Paper special on vast Arctic regions of Canada.
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The Fur Trade

S12.E5 ∙ The Fur Trade

Sun, Dec 12, 1971
A look at endangered species of animals used in fur trade, focusing on Canadian market.
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The Harp Seal

S12.E6 ∙ The Harp Seal

Sun, Jan 02, 1972
The life history of seal, currently object of great spring seal hunt; physiology and behavior of this unusual Arctic animal, plus an examination of its 8,000-mile migration from Hudson Strait to Gulf of St.
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Vanishing Peoples: Yanomami

S12.E10 ∙ Vanishing Peoples: Yanomami

Sun, Jan 30, 1972
Documentary look at Yanomami, a fast-vanishing Indian tribe inhabiting tropical rainforest of Upper Orinoco River in southeastern Venezuela and Northern Brazil.
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Editorial lists
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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

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The Social Dilemma

The Social Dilemma

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.

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The Great Hack

The Great Hack

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

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The Expedition to the End of the World

The Expedition to the End of the World

A grand and adventurous journey of discovery to the last white areas of the world map. But no matter how far we go and how hard we try to find answers, we ultimately meet ourselves and our own transience.

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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

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An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.

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