The Nature of Things: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Nature of Things Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Out of the Mouths of Babes Pt. 1
Oct 22, 1975
Season Debut: A two-part film about the ease in which little children learn languages.
Ears to Hear
Oct 29, 1975
Severely deaf children learn to speak like normal children with the aid of powerfully sensitive hearing aids and teaching techniques being used by dedicated teachers.
Sable Island
Nov 5, 1975
A look at Sable Island, about 100 miles off Nova Scotia, where the wildlife has had an unusual evolution because it is separated from the mainland.
Water's Edge (Part 2)
Nov 19, 1975
Visible and microscopic life at the edge of a pond.
Prairie Grasslands
Nov 26, 1975
Documentary on prairie dogs and one colony in particular in South Dakota.
The Differences Are Inherited
Dec 10, 1975
The fruit fly is used as the focus for a discussion of mutations, current genetic research and the relationship of this research to some of the problems suffered by humans.
Shelter: A Question of Control
Dec 17, 1975
The program shows how psychological experiments support those who believe that community and citizen control over their own environment is essential to the well being of city dwell