The Nature of Things: Season 20
Season 20 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 19.
- 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 20 Progress Shield
Flying Circus of Physics / Immune System / Monarch Butterfly / Contact Lenses
Oct 24, 1979
Dr David Suzuki visits an unusual professor who conducts a Flying Circus Of Physics, examines soft contact lenses made for extended periods of use and reports on latest immunologic
Hypnosis / India's Sacred Cows / Ultra Sound Scanne
Oct 31, 1979
Dr. David Suzuki reports on the use of hypnosis as a medical application and the use of ultra-sound waves for X-rays, and presents the film "Sacred Cows," dealing with the importan
Madagascar: Island of the Moon
Nov 7, 1979
The island geographically separated from the rest of the African continent and populated by numerous species of plant and animal life is examined.
Puppets / One, Two, Three, Zero / New Wave Babies
Nov 14, 1979
In Puppets, Elizabeth Crocker at the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, is interviewed about her use of puppets to ease children into their hospital stay. The One,
Contact
Nov 21, 1979
The techniques for helping autistic children developed by Barry and Suzi Kaufman to aid their own son are examined, as are their applications in a special program being conducted b
Deep Diving / Memory: Come to Think of It
Nov 28, 1979
David Suzuki goes deep-sea diving to demonstrate the psychological changes divers experience. David also investigates the mysteries of memory – how it is acquired, and how it is lo
Arctic Oil
Dec 5, 1979
North America's last great wilderness area, Lancaster Sound in Canada's high Arctic, is now the site of oil exploration, and a unique environment rich in animal and plant life is t
Clinical Trials / Folk Medicine / Magnetic Bacteria
Dec 12, 1979
Clinical trials, folk medicine and magnetic bacteria are discussed by Dr. David Suzuki
Left Brain, Right Brain
Dec 19, 1979
The latest techniques used in the field of neurosciences are researched to determine the functions of both halves of the human brain.
Insects / Oyster Culture / Science Fairs
Dec 26, 1979
The survival of insects over thousands of years, the cultivation of oysters in West Africa, and Canadian science fairs on the provincial and national levels are examined by Dr. Dav
Memories From Eden
Jan 2, 1980
Special environments which zoo officials have created for the welfare of certain animals and the enjoyment of visitors are highlighted.
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
Feb 6, 1980
For more than twenty years a freelance American journalist named Paul Jacobs interviewed people exposed to nuclear fall-out from bomb tests in Nevada in an attempt to establish a l
Crocodile City / Spanish Galleons / World's Largest Windmill / Cement
Feb 20, 1980
This magazine edition includes four segments: a look at Lamanai (Crocodile City), built by the Maya of Belize between 400 and 300 BC, as it was being excavated by David Pendergast
High altitude Physiology / The Vision of Galileo / Dust Storms
Feb 27, 1980
Technological developments involving man's survival at high altitudes; a look at the life of Galileo, Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist, including recreation of some
Seal Psychology / Chiricahuas / Violins
Mar 5, 1980
Seal Psychology: A study of the ability of seals to navigate and catch fish in waters where it is too dark for the seals to see. Chiricahuas: A look at the Chiricahua mountains and