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The Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 51

Every episode of The Nature of Things Season 51 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 51!

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...
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Season 51 Ratings Summary

"The Nano Revolution: Welcome to Nano City" is the best rated episode of "The Nature of Things" season 51. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/13/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Nano Revolution: More Than Human".

  • The Nano Revolution: Welcome to Nano City
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    #1 - The Nano Revolution: Welcome to Nano City

    Season 51 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2011

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  • The Nano Revolution: More Than Human
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    #2 - The Nano Revolution: More Than Human

    Season 51 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2011

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  • The Nano Revolution: Will Nano Save the Planet?
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    #3 - The Nano Revolution: Will Nano Save the Planet?

    Season 51 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2011

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  • Jungle Prescription
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    #4 - Jungle Prescription

    Season 51 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2011

    One of the most powerful hallucinogenic drugs on the planet is in a tea made from medicinal plants: it's called ayahuasca. There are studies around the world that say that this indigenous cure may also provide answers as to how to treat Western drug addicts.

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  • Emperor's Lost Harbour
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    #5 - Emperor's Lost Harbour

    Season 51 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2011

    In Istanbul, Turkey, workers building a railway tunnel make a remarkable discovery - an ancient harbour, buried and shrouded in mystery ...until now. Will archaeologists be able to uncover the treasures of the past before it is buried again?

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  • Myth or Science
    6.8/107 votes

    #6 - Myth or Science

    Season 51 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2011

    Scientist Jennifer Gardy turns her critical eye towards the myths, lies, misunderstandings and errors behind the headlines, putting the science of the daily news to the test both in the lab and on the streets.

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  • Waking the Green Tiger
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    #7 - Waking the Green Tiger

    Season 51 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/2011

    Examining modern China's ideas about nature and the environment.

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  • Autism Enigma
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    #8 - Autism Enigma

    Season 51 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2011

    A fresh perspective on autism research with the developing "Bacterial Theory" of autism. The fastest-growing developmental disorder in the industrialized world, autism has increased an astounding 600 per cent over the last 20 years. Science cannot say why. Some say it's triggered by environmental factors and point to another intriguing statistic: 70 per cent of kids with autism also have severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Could autism actually begin in the gut? The Autism Enigma looks at the progress of an international group of scientists who are studying the gut's amazingly diverse and powerful microbial ecosystem for clues to the baffling disorder.

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  • Programmed to be Fat?
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    #9 - Programmed to be Fat?

    Season 51 Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/2012

    New science links man-made chemicals to the global obesity epidemic. Man-made chemicals may be programming us to be fat - before we're even born.

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  • Surviving :) The Teenage Brain
    6.3/106 votes

    #10 - Surviving :) The Teenage Brain

    Season 51 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/2012

    A look at the science deep within the teenage brain and a celebration of evolution's masterpiece - the years that bring us judgment, adaptation and innovation. In short the years that make us human.

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  • Mysteries of the Animal Mind
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    #11 - Mysteries of the Animal Mind

    Season 51 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2012

    Scientists explore the mysteries of animal consciousness and find growing evidence of compassion, cooperation, altruism, empathy, intelligence and communication in all sorts of different species.

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  • The American Tiger
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    #12 - The American Tiger

    Season 51 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2012

    Most tigers today are privately owned - experts estimate that the number of tigers living in the United States is nearly double of those in the wild. What's life like for the American tiger?

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  • MS Wars: Hope, Science and the Internet
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    #13 - MS Wars: Hope, Science and the Internet

    Season 51 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2012

    Multiple sclerosis patients use social media to engage in an unprecedented battle with the Canadian medical establishment for access to a controversial treatment.

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  • Suzuki Diaries: Future City
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    #14 - Suzuki Diaries: Future City

    Season 51 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2012

    In a new installment of Suzuki Diaries, David and his daughter, Sarika, set out to discover whether some of Canada's biggest cities are ready for the challenges of the future.

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  • Journey to the Disaster Zone
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    #15 - Journey to the Disaster Zone

    Season 51 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2012

    David Suzuki travels to the areas most affected by the tsunami on its anniversary.

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  • The Perfect Runner
    7.3/109 votes

    #16 - The Perfect Runner

    Season 51 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2012

    Anthropologist Niobe Thompson explores the evolutionary past of humans.

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  • Smarty Plants
    8.3/106 votes

    #17 - Smarty Plants

    Season 51 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2012

    The secrets of plant behavior.

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  • Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey
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    #18 - Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey

    Season 51 Episode 18 - Aired 4/8/2012

    Shot over twelve months, this blue chip wildlife documentary tells the story a young polar bear's epic migration through the icy waters of Hudson Bay and his subsequent adventures on land, where he must spend the ice-free season. It is his first summer alone without his mother to guide and feed him. His struggle to survive is set against the biggest environmental story of our time: climate change.

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