The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things: Season 61

Air Date

November 5, 2021

Episodes

14 episodes

The Nature of Things

Season 61

Episodes

Inside the Great Vaccine Race

1. Inside the Great Vaccine Race

November 5, 2021
44 min

The inside story of the high-stakes race to defeat a killer virus and save millions of lives.

Nature's Big Year

2. Nature's Big Year

November 12, 2021
44 min

When humanity hits pause, nature reboots. Scientists discover the surprising ways pandemic lockdowns affected our planet.

The Machine That Feels

3. The Machine That Feels

November 19, 2021
44 min

Artificial intelligence is becoming more empathic, emotionally intelligent, and creative. So what does it mean to be human?

The New Human

4. The New Human

November 26, 2021
44 min

Disappearing tendons? Longer legs? Artificial body parts? What will humans look like in the future?

Chef Secrets: The Science of Cooking

5. Chef Secrets: The Science of Cooking

January 6, 2022
44 min

The secret ingredient to becoming a better cook? Science! Top chefs and culinary experts explain the chemistry, physics, and microbiology of cooking

Curb Your Carbon

6. Curb Your Carbon

January 13, 2022
44 min

Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Curb Your Carbon reveals the easy and effective ways we can all fight climate change ... and turn down the heat.

In Your Face

7. In Your Face

January 20, 2022
44 min

We see faces in everything. Facial recognition is an evolutionary superpower unique to humans.

Ice and Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis

8. Ice and Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis

January 27, 2022
44 min

Goodbye backyard ice rinks, mountain glaciers, and forest biodiversity: what Canada might lose due to climate change.

Why We Dance

9. Why We Dance

February 24, 2022
44 min

It may surprise you to learn that you are a dancer. In fact, we are all dancers. This film takes us into the beating heart of why humans simply must dance.

Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography

10. Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography

March 3, 2022
44 min

The key element of life on Earth, it has the power to build and destroy.

How the Wild Things Sleep

11. How the Wild Things Sleep

March 10, 2022
44 min

Unraveling the secrets of the most extreme sleepers of the animal kingdom. Why and how do animals sleep? How do they deal with sleep deprivation? And do animals dream?

The Teenager and the Lost Maya City

12. The Teenager and the Lost Maya City

March 17, 2022
44 min

A young Canadian is going on the adventure of a lifetime. He believes he knows the location of a lost Maya city, and he’s heading to Mexico to find it.

The Musical Animal

13. The Musical Animal

March 24, 2022
44 min

We know that humans are a musical species. We sing, we dance, we groove. But are we the only musical species?

The Science of Success

14. The Science of Success

March 31, 2022
44 min

Success has little to do with performance, winners and losers are chosen by society. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to predicting success.