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Documentaries The Nature of Things December 20

Dinosaurs: Do we actually know what they looked like?

A paleoartist shows us how we can make a guess based on fossilized evidence

Documentaries The Nature of Things June 5

The dark side of toilet paper: Why wiping our butts is bad for the planet

We’re chopping down a lot of trees just so we can flush them down the toilet

Documentaries The Nature of Things June 5

ISIS destroyed ancient artifacts and buildings in Mosul. Archaeologists are making discoveries in the wreckage

Mosul encompasses what was once Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital and the world’s largest city at the time. This documentary looks at new discoveries from the lost city and explores whether it may be the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 10

This secret location known as 'Jurassic Mile' contains incredible 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

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This is the biggest tide on Earth — and it's in Canada

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 24

Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

Neuroscientist debunks the myth that the male and female brain are different

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 27

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This workshop in Trenton, Ont., builds many of the world's dinosaurs

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

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The highest tides in the world are in the Bay of Fundy on Canada's East Coast

The Nature of Things April 24

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ISIS built a labyrinth of tunnels to loot an underground palace in Mosul

The Nature of Things April 10

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Scholar believes she has found the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon — and it's not in Babylon

The Nature of Things April 10

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Fossil technicians release bones from rock and reconstruct iconic dinosaurs at this Ontario workshop

The Nature of Things April 4

Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity in a new episode of The Nature of Things

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 27

Gender and sex: Looking back on 100 years of 'the worst scientific research'

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 27

Why we prioritized hiring queer crew for an episode of The Nature of Things

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

New documentary shows gender diversity par for the course in nature

News Canada Hamilton March 26

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Prehistoric kids gathered food, helped with hunting, cared for younger siblings — and even had fun

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 13

As an act of defiance, I haven't cut my hair in 13 years

The Nature of Things December 26

Hairy Tales: How hair grows, why we lose it and more

The Nature of Things August 22

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Mae Martin explores the science of gender and sexual fluidity in a new episode of The Nature of Things

Untangling the science of hair: why we lose it, why it goes grey and why we have hair on our heads at all

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 6

Secret World of Sound: Finding a Voice

Documentaries The Nature of Things February 29

In this flock of 20,000 flamingos, a father and his chick must find each other — before it's too late

Elizabeth Benner

Documentaries The Nature of Things February 28

I haven't cut my hair in 13 years. It's an act of defiance and connecting with my African roots

Documentaries The Nature of Things March 7

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