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The Nature of Things Season 42 Episodes

17 Episodes 2001 - 2002

Episode 1

Me, My Brain and I: Unmasking the Mystery of the Conscious Mind

Bob thinks but doesn't feel. Christina feels but has trouble thinking. Virginia can neither think or feel.

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Episode 2

Warnings from the Wild

All over planet, temperature increases are affecting wildlife. Some species are spreading to new areas.

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Episode 3

Touch: The Forgotten Sense

TOUCH - THE FORGOTTEN SENSE is a film about amazing, but often overlooked sense of touch.

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Episode 4

Psychopaths

PSYCHOPATHS is a documentary that looks at understanding of this condition in scientific community, and what hope there is for treatment.

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Episode 5

Drug Deals: The Brave New World of Prescription Drugs

Are our regulatory agencies doing their best to ensure drug safety? Or are they buckling to corporate pressure to market lucrative new drugs.

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Episode 6

Bioterror

Since September 11th terrorist attack on The World Trade Center, news has been saturated with information about a new threat, bio-terrorism.

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Episode 7

Race Against Time

It's an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with HIV virus worldwide.

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Episode 8

Return of the Peregrine

Adept at diving at speeds normally reserved for fighter pilots, the peregrine falcon is the fastest and most widely dispersed creature on the planet. A one-hour documentary, RETURN OF THE PEREGRINE chronicles this majestic bird of prey's journey back from the brink of extinction.

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Episode 9

Living Forever

In 2001 Government of Canada approved following genetically modified crops for food use: canola, corn, cottonseed, flax, potato, soybean, tomato, wheat, sugar beet.

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Episode 10

Genetically Modified Foods

Biologists have seen within our genes possibility of extending human life spans to 300 years or more.

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Episode 11

Self-Experimenters

Most major advances in medicine and science and are made by people who push envelope.

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Episode 12

Morphine on Trial

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Episode 13

Cyberman: Canada's Original Cyborg

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Episode 14

Wire for Life

A documentary on FES [Functional Electrical Stimulation] Technology in North America and Europe - This program included following the progress of a young woman who is classified as a partial quadriplegic, from her "first stand" to her walk down the aisle at her wedding; an older gentleman - quadriplegic for 25 years - who regained the use of his hands; a father who as a paraplegic can now walk slowly with a natural gait; and other FES applications such as for bowel and bladder control.

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Episode 15

Intuition

Using pacemaker-like implants, functional electrical stimulation allows people with spinal-cord injuries to reclaim some mobility and.

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Episode 16

Beluga: Speaking Across Time

A horse buyer selects her winning choices randomly from a list, using her "gut-feeling.

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Episode 17

Beluga Speaking Across Time

Tue, Apr 9, 2002

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