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The Nature of Things

Season 22 · Episode 15

The Asteroid and the Dinosaur

0.0March 24, 1982

An examination of the theory advanced by physicist Luis Alvarez and others that an asteroid impact was responsible for the sudden total extinction of the dinosaurs over sixty million years ago.

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Episode 1"Reconnective Surgery / Shark Vision / Reclaiming the Desert / The Battery"
Episode 2"Rabies / Island of Coral / Microwave Ovens"
Episode 3Edge of the Cold (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 4Waterproof Frog / The Piano / In the Sub-Nuclear Kitchen / The Record
Episode 5A Magic Way of Going
Episode 6Twins – And Then There Were Two
Episode 7A Natural Turn of Events / Kidney Transplant / Kelp
Episode 8Microscope: Making It Big / Desert Doctors / Polar Bear Pass
Episode 9Tipping The Scales
Episode 10An Island Shall a Monster Make / Philip Morrison on Nuclear War
Episode 11Aspirin / Windy Bay / Fluorescent Light
Episode 12Hanuman Langurs: Monkeys of India / A Helping Hand / Formation Flight
Episode 13Jute Plastic / The Life of the Honeybee / Dr. Joel Hildebrand
Episode 14Mind's Eye / Tide Mill / Colour It Snake
Episode 15The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
Episode 16Waves / The Harp Seal / Blackfly