The Nature of Things S07E04 · The Battle Against Biting Insects

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An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.

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1. 1 1. The Sun1966-06-20An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.
2. 2 2. Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge1966-06-27The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.
3. 3 3. Air And Water Pollution1966-07-04This program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.
4. 4 4. The Battle Against Biting Insects1966-07-11An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.
5. 5 5. Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made1966-07-18This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.
6. 6 6. The Physics Of Sailing1966-07-25The scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.
7. 7 7. Epidemics1966-08-01Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.
8. 8 8. Summer Storms1966-08-08A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.
9. 9 9. Fishing And The Splake1966-08-15Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.
10. 10 10. The Value Of Our Parks1966-08-22This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.
11. 11 11. Forest And Fires1966-08-29This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.
12. 12 12. Water On The Level1966-09-05There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.
13. 13 13. Galapagos: Darwin1966-09-04First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.
14. 14 14. Galapagos: The Islands1966-09-11A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.
15. 15 15. Galapagos: New Beings1966-09-18An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species
16. 16 16. Galapagos: Ways Of Survival1966-09-25Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.
17. 17 17. Galapagos: Living Laboratory1966-10-02This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.