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This cyber-security activist made me afraid of surveillance culture
Jacob Appelbaum was once investigated by the CIA. Making a documentary about him meant taking extraordinary steps to avoid digital tracking.
Documentaries July 8
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Roadkill expeditions and a basement full of decaying food: behind the scenes on a film about rot
Time-lapses of rot in action show a surprising world where decay can be beautiful, tender and even human.
Documentaries Short Docs June 18
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
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These 'microbial selfies' show how we all have wildly different germs, fungi and yeast growing on our hands
Documentaries Short Docs June 18
'I miss my mom a lot': A young man with autism writes a letter to his mother, a PSW who died of COVID-19
Documentaries Short Docs May 10, 2023

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My body is extremely unusual. I've never seen another like it

Documentaries The Passionate Eye December 12, 2023

'Your life isn't over, it's just the beginning.' How community helped after a life-altering accident

Television February 16

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

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 10

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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

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

Documentaries 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

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

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

Meet Patron, the Jack Russell who's a key member of a Ukraine bomb squad — and a celebrity

Documentaries March 28

Your pet cat is probably a killer — but it doesn't have to be that way

Documentaries Short Docs March 27

New documentary shows gender diversity par for the course in nature

News Canada Hamilton March 26

For 60 days, this cat survived on the 7th floor of a destroyed building in Ukraine

Documentaries March 28

The Walrus & The Whistleblower: Story of a whistleblower being sued for $1.5M for plotting to steal a walrus

Documentaries documentary Channel November 16, 2021

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

Documentaries The Nature of Things April 4

A week after war broke out in Ukraine, these volunteers started to rescue pets trapped in apartments

Documentaries March 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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