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The Nature of Things Season 26 Episodes

21 Episodes 1985 - 1986

Episode 1

Susan Mckellar/The Sea Otter

Wed, Oct 9, 1985

Another visit with cystic fibrosis victim Susan McKellar, and return of sea otter.

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Episode 2

Air Craft

Wed, Oct 16, 1985

Celebrates multitude of machines that humans have engineered in order to launch themselves into air.

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Episode 3

Muscular Fibres/Fish Locomotion

Wed, Oct 23, 1985

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Episode 4

Open Heart

Wed, Oct 30, 1985

A profile of pioneering heart surgeon Dr William Bigelow, focusing on development of early heart surgery procedures.

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Episode 5

Plants And Their Preys

Wed, Nov 6, 1985

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Episode 6

Doctors Of The Future/Walking/Vortices

Wed, Nov 13, 1985

A radically-new form of medical education at Canada's McMaster University is receiving attention and acclaim from around world.

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Episode 7

Predicting The Next Earthquake

Wed, Nov 20, 1985

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Episode 8

Duck In Danger

Wed, Nov 27, 1985

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Episode 9

The New Face Of Leprosy

Wed, Dec 4, 1985

An update on ancient disease that still afflicts millions around world including North America.

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Episode 10

How Alcohol Affects The Body/Ancient Life-Forms/The Physics Of Archery

Wed, Dec 11, 1985

Featured: how alcohol affects body; ancient life-forms inhabiting shallow sea that is now Canadian Rockies; physics of archery.

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Episode 11

Family Of Chimp

Wed, Dec 18, 1985

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Episode 12

Episode #26.12

Wed, Jan 8, 1986

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Episode 13

Hearing Things

Wed, Jan 15, 1986

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Episode 14

The Earthquake Connection

Wed, Jan 22, 1986

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Episode 15

Episode #26.15

Wed, Jan 29, 1986

The Queen Charlotte Islands Cousteau dubbed "Galapagos of America North " is regions most beautiful in world .

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Episode 16

Fragile Harvest

Wed, Feb 5, 1986

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Episode 17

The Brain Puzzle

Wed, Feb 19, 1986

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Episode 18

Microscopic Plants And Oxygen

Wed, Feb 26, 1986

Plankton and phytoplankton.

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Episode 19

The Comet'S Return/Cormorants

Wed, Mar 5, 1986

Film of ONF. explaining what a comet is; The cormorants, these remarkable divers..

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Episode 20

Acid Rains

Wed, Mar 12, 1986

An examination of acid rain's destructiveness and possible solutions to problems it causes.

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Episode 21

Mcmaster Students

Sun, Mar 23, 1986

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