Episode list

The Nature of Things

The Hobbit Enigma
One of the greatest controversies in science today: just what did scientists really find when they uncovered the tiny, human-like skeleton of a strange creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003?
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Rodney's Robot Revolution
Has the time come to meet an artificially intelligent robot? Engineer and inventor Rodney Brooks thinks so. Forget about all those shiny robotic home-helpers of the past-Brooks is out to design a robot that can think for itself.
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The Adventurers: The Last Nomads
Linguist Ian Mackenzie has tracked the last true nomadic hunting and gathering people on earth - the Penan of Borneo. Their way of life is quickly disappearing as aggressive logging interests swallow up their forest habitat.
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The Adventurers: The Everlasting Oasis
University of Toronto archaeologist Tony Mills travels to the eastern desert of Egypt where he and other archaeologists have unearthed an untouched marvel: a site of over 400,000 yrs of uninterrupted human habitation.
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The Adventurers: A Story Told in Stone
Archeologist Edmundo Edwards pulls back the vines and trees of the jungle to find huge stone cities that sprawled across the interiors of Tahiti, Raivavae and the Marquesas Islands.
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The Suzuki Diaries
Suzuki and his youngest daughter, Sarika, travel to Europe to explore what a sustainable future might look like, and to see if two different generations can find reason for hope.
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The Adventurers: The Lost People of the Baja
Canadian paleo-pathologist Eldon Molto is leading the search for clues of the mysterious Pericu people of Baja California, Mexico - a fierce, primitive tribe that disappeared over a century ago, after being exposed to European disease.
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Gone Sideways

Wed, Jan 07, 2009
A light-hearted look at serendipity in science, from life-saving cancer cures to the x-ray machine and the discovery of North America.
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Living City: A Critical Guide
What's wrong with Canada's cities? What's right? Award-winning urban affairs columnist Christopher Hume takes a cross-country journey to explore the sustainability, viability and liveability of Canada's population centres.
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Inuit Odyssey

Wed, Feb 11, 2009
Canadian Arctic anthropologist Niobe Thompson takes us on a visually stunning journey across the North, tracing the origins of the modern Inuit.
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American Savannah
Grass is a luxury that represents relaxation, freedom, time off and of course, time away from the world of tarmac and concrete. A wild and quirky ride into the world of one of America's longest-standing obsessions, the perfect lawn.
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Arctic Meltdown: A Changing World
From new companies rushing to claim the Arctic's plentiful resources to the effect climate change has had on animals as well as plant life. As the Arctic meltdown continues at an ever accelerating pace, who will protect it?
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Arctic Meltdown: Adapting to Change
A look at two different Arctics - one that is the storybook land of ice, snow and polar bears and the other that is covered with petroleum plants and pipelines carrying fossil fuels.
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