A selection of short stories from The Nature of Things. In Rail Renaissance, viewers will travel to Europe to witness the lead up to the launch of the new High Speed One service in London. In LHC: to the Heart of Matter, viewers will learn that it will happen in the Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most sophisticated machine ever constructed by science, occupying a 27-kilometre circumference. And in Suzuki Nation has a one-on-one conversation with musician Sarah Harmer.
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Nature of Things Magazine
October 31, 2007
The Man with the Golden Cells
October 31, 2007
Molecular biology, stem cells, genomics: these are the cutting-edge fields where the controversial work is happening. In The Man with the Golden Cells, something as sci-fi as the cryogenic preservation of cell lines is just another FedEx delivery for the people who drive this industry.
The Man with the Golden Cells travels the troubling road from John Moore's case through to today's vibrant global trade of the human body: in Singapore, in Boston, in Paris, in Toronto, the very genes that make up the human body are there to be bought and sold.
Climate Change
October 22, 2007
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.
Conservation in Kenya
October 22, 2007
Game Over: Conservation in Kenya looks at the changing face of conservation in Kenya and explores the impact of both colonial and contemporary initiatives, as well as how they affect the peoples who have traditionally lived off the land.
In particular, we follow the shifting fortunes of the semi-traditional pastoral group the Masai, one of several tribes in Africa.
Weather Report
October 01, 2007
WEATHER REPORT takes us on a journey to the frontlines of our climate changing world in the Canadian Arctic, Montana, Northern Kenya, China and India, visiting communities and ordinary people whose lives and livelihoods are being impacted in the most dramatic ways.
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