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The Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 47

Every episode of The Nature of Things Season 47 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 47!

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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 1 - The Bear Man of Kamchatka
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    #1 - The Bear Man of Kamchatka

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    Canadian bear expert Charlie Russell rescues two orphaned cubs destined for death in a squalid Russian zoo and secrets them away to his home in the remote wilds of the South Kamchatka peninsula, in the former Soviet Union.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 2 - Living Forever: The Longevity Revolution
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    #2 - Living Forever: The Longevity Revolution

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    Explorer the ongoing quest to extend human life, the cutting-edge research and the latest discoveries.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 3 - Weather Report
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    #3 - Weather Report

    S47:E3

    Climate change is irrevocably altering the world as we know it, challenging our sense of the future and the fundamental values of our industrial societies.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 4 - Game Over: Conservation in Kenya
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    #4 - Game Over: Conservation in Kenya

    S47:E4

    Explore the impact of both colonial and contemporary initiatives in Kenya and how they affect the peoples who have traditionally lived off the land.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 5 - The Man with the Golden Cells
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    #5 - The Man with the Golden Cells

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    The emerging world market in living cells, where an individual's genes can be bought and sold as commodities.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 6 - The Nature of Things Magazine
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    #6 - The Nature of Things Magazine

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    Witness the exciting lead up to the launch of the new High Speed One service out of St. Pancras Station, in London. A look at the Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most sophisticated machine ever constructed by science. And an interview with musician and environmentalist, Sarah Harmer.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 7 - Climate Change I: An Uncertain Future
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    #7 - Climate Change I: An Uncertain Future

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    Now that climate change is an accepted, if inconvenient, truth, how are we coping? David Suzuki takes a first-hand look at how climate change is affecting Canadians where it really hurts: in their ability to make a living.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 8 - Climate Change II: Hot Times in the City
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    #8 - Climate Change II: Hot Times in the City

    S47:E8

    Hot Times in the City takes the pulse of three major Canadian cities: Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax, as they grapple with one of the planet's greatest threats to human health: global warming.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 9 - The Nature of Things Magazine
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    #9 - The Nature of Things Magazine

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    A look into the multi-billion dollar underworld of counterfeit drugs, the tale of the Lunokhod a self-propelled robot on the Moon that could be controlled from the Earth and an interview with Boston Bruins' defenseman, Andrew Ference.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 10 - The Edge of Eden – Living with Grizzlies
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    #10 - The Edge of Eden – Living with Grizzlies

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 11 - The Science of the Senses: Hearing
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    #11 - The Science of the Senses: Hearing

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    In Hearing, episode one of The Science of the Senses, finding the answer to that question will take us on a journey through the ear, into the brain and right into the heart of the human psyche.

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  12. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 12 - The Science of the Senses: Touch
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    #12 - The Science of the Senses: Touch

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    In The Science of the Senses: Touch we will take a journey through the skin, into the subcutaneous world of our sensory receptors and up into the brain as we explore the hidden language of our most essential sense.

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  13. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 13 - The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste
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    #13 - The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste

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    In this episode of The Science of the Senses, we explore how smell combines with taste, somewhere in our brain, to create the perception of flavour. Most people wrongly assume that taste dominates. But what actually allows us to differentiate one food from another beyond the basics of sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, is the aroma.

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  14. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 14 - The Science of the Senses: Sight
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    #14 - The Science of the Senses: Sight

    S47:E14

    This episode takes viewers on a fascinating tour of our visual world, from the moment light enters our eyes, to the way this information is transformed into electrical impulses and decoded by our brain - the domain of "visual perception". The act of "seeing" takes an immense amount of brainpower, more than 65% of the brain's neural pathways.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 15 - Wild China: Heart of the Dragon
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    #15 - Wild China: Heart of the Dragon

    S47:E15

    Explores how China's 1.3 billion people interact with their extraordinary wildlife and landscapes.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 16 - Wild China: Shangi-La
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    #16 - Wild China: Shangi-La

    S47:E16

    Beneath billowing clouds in China's far southwest, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks and jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 17 - Wild China: The Tibetan Plateau
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    #17 - Wild China: The Tibetan Plateau

    S47:E17

    Explore the vast windswept wilderness in one of the world's most remote places - the size of Western Europe.

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  18. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 18 - Wild China: Land of the Panda
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    #18 - Wild China: Land of the Panda

    S47:E18

    Travel across China's heartland where its Han people are the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization.

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  19. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 19 - Wild China: Beyond the Great Wall
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    #19 - Wild China: Beyond the Great Wall

    S47:E19

    Warrior nomads, bizarre wildlife and extreme weather conditions are found beyond the Wall, built by China's emperors.

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  20. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 20 - Wild China: Tides of Change
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    #20 - Wild China: Tides of Change

    S47:E20

    China's coast is an area of huge contrast-from futuristic modern cities jostling traditional seaweed-thatched villages to ancient tea terraces and wild wetlands where rare animals still survive.

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  21. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 21 - Antarctic Mission: Islands at the Edge
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    #21 - Antarctic Mission: Islands at the Edge

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    The SEDNA IV sails across the Polar Front, an area where cold turbulent Antarctic waters meet warmer water from the north - one of the earth's last great refuges for wildlife.

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  22. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 22 - Antarctic Mission: Window on a Changing Climate
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    #22 - Antarctic Mission: Window on a Changing Climate

    S47:E22

    Antarctica's inhabitants are telling us that their world is changing in complex and subtle ways. The once successful colonies of diminutive Adelie penguins are declining because of increased snowfall - one of the unexpected consequences of a warmer climate.

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  23. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 23 - Antarctic Mission: The Great Ocean of Ice
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    #23 - Antarctic Mission: The Great Ocean of Ice

    S47:E23

    A cold and mysterious world that is home to some of the toughest and most unusual creatures on the planet: giant ribbon worms, dragon fish, and ancient sponges.

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  24. The Nature of Things Season 47 Episode 24 - Antarctic Mission: The Last Continent
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    #24 - Antarctic Mission: The Last Continent

    S47:E24

    Follow mission leader Jean Lemire and his crew as they endure 17 months on the expedition to measure the threat posed by global warming in the Antarctic - a place where the Earth is particularly vulnerable.

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Season 47 Ratings Summary

"The Bear Man of Kamchatka" is the best rated episode of "The Nature of Things" season 47. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/11/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Living Forever: The Longevity Revolution".