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The Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 42

Every episode of The Nature of Things Season 42 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 42!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 1 - Me, My Brain And I Unmasking The Mystery of the Conscious Mind
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    #1 - Me, My Brain And I Unmasking The Mystery of the Conscious Mind

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    Bob thinks but doesn't feel. Christina feels but has trouble thinking. Virginia can neither think or feel as she's pulled down into a spiral of darkness that zaps her very will to survive. Kent lives within a 20-minute time span, unable to remember his past or plan for his future. Each of these people has had an injury to a part of the brain called the frontal lobes and their stories, told in Me, My Brain And I, are helping neuroscientists unravel the mystery of what makes us distinctly human.

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  2. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 2 - Warnings from the Wild
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    #2 - Warnings from the Wild

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    All over the planet, temperature increases are affecting wildlife. Some species are spreading to new areas. For others, climate change means extinction. THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents Warnings From The Wild, a documentary that draws together recent evidence of the effects of the biggest climatic upheaval in 10,000 years.

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  3. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 3 - Touch: The Forgotten Sense
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    #3 - Touch: The Forgotten Sense

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    A film about the amazing, but often overlooked sense of touch. The film takes us on an artistic and scientific journey from a woman who has completely lost her sense of touch, to a deaf-blind child that can understand speech through his fingers.

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  4. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 4 - Psychopaths
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    #4 - Psychopaths

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    A documentary that looks at the understanding of this condition in the scientific community, and what hope there is for treatment, therapy or a cure.

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  5. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 5 - Drug Deals: The Brave New World of Prescription Drugs
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    #5 - Drug Deals: The Brave New World of Prescription Drugs

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    Are our regulatory agencies doing their best to ensure drug safety? Or are they buckling to corporate pressure to market lucrative new drugs before they are adequately tested? These are questions raised in DRUG DEALS: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

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  6. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 6 - Bioterror
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    #6 - Bioterror

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    Since the September 11th terrorist attack on The World Trade Center, the news has been saturated with information about a new threat, bio-terrorism. But how new is it? THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents BIOTERROR, an exploration of the past, present and future of bio-terrorism.

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  7. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 7 - Race Against Time
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    #7 - Race Against Time

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    It's an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with the HIV virus worldwide, with over 25 million of them in Africa. More than 21 million people have died of AIDS, nearly 17 million in Africa alone. THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents RACE AGAINST TIME, a film about the greatest challenge of the 21st century and the work of Canadian Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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  8. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 8 - Return of the Peregrine
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    #8 - Return of the Peregrine

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    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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  9. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 9 - Living Forever
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    #9 - Living Forever

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    Biologists have seen within our genes the possibility of extending human life spans to 300 years or more. In the 21st century, will scientists reach the Holy Grail? Will they find the secret of eternal youth? THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki presents LIVING FOREVER, a look at how far scientists have come in discovering the human potential for longevity.

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  10. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 10 - Genetically Modified Foods
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    #10 - Genetically Modified Foods

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    In 2001 the Government of Canada approved the following genetically modified crops for food use: canola, corn, cottonseed, flax, potato, soybean, tomato, wheat, sugar beet and squash. Is enough really known about genetic engineering to ensure that genetically modified (GM) food products are safe for consumption?

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  11. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 11 - Self-Experimenters
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    #11 - Self-Experimenters

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    Most major advances in medicine and science and are made by people who push the envelope. From morphine to cardiac surgery, we owe much to the risks taken by scientists of the past who have experimented on their own bodies to make new discoveries.

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  12. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 12 - Morphine on Trial
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    #12 - Morphine on Trial

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  13. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 13 - Cyberman: Canada's Original Cyborg
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    #13 - Cyberman: Canada's Original Cyborg

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  14. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 14 - Wired for Life
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    #14 - Wired for Life

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  15. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 15 - Intuition
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    #15 - Intuition

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  16. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 16 - Beluga Speaking Across Time
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    #16 - Beluga Speaking Across Time

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  17. The Nature of Things Season 42 Episode 17 - Hot Flash on Menopause
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    #17 - Hot Flash on Menopause

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Season 42 Ratings Summary

"Me, My Brain And I Unmasking The Mystery of the Conscious Mind" is the best rated episode of "The Nature of Things" season 42. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/2001. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Warnings from the Wild".