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Friday, August 22, 2025
A woman crying and clasping her hands in front of her mouth.
 

The Nature of Things 101 – How to cry on command
 
Crying on cue: can it be taught? Sarika and Anthony get a crash course from two professional actors.
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A bald man with a faint beard smiles, looking off camera. Text: 'Words Left Unspoken'
 

Words Left Unspoken
 
After avoiding speaking for over two decades, Joze Piranian, a severe stutterer, decides to confront his fears by holding conversations with his family that he never dared to have before.
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A model globe, partially shrouded in darkness, has a thick white liquid spilling down from top to bottom. Text: 'Seeds of Deceit'
 

Seeds of Deceit (3-part series)
 
A renowned fertility doctor in the Netherlands secretly used his own semen to impregnate at least 65 women.
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Silhouette of David Suzuki smoking a joint on a beach at sunset. Text: 'Science & Cannabis'

Science & Cannabis
Is cannabis a medical cure-all or snake oil? Scientists sort the medicine from the myths.
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Two people wearing black winter coats and winter hats look at something out of frame in the corner of a small, dilapidated wood-panelled room.

He left residential school when he was 15. Now he's going back for the first time
Sol Mamakwa left the school when he was 15 and hasn't returned since. In The Knowing, journalist Tanya Talaga joins him as he revisits Stirling Lake for the first time. 
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For people with narcolepsy, no amount of sleep can help the feeling of being tired
Symptoms of narcolepsy include hallucinations, sleep paralysis and excessive daytime sleepiness.

How we get high: our bodies are perfectly primed for consuming cannabis

Our bodies have an entire system that uses similar compounds to those found in cannabis.

These strangers all have the same biological father: the fertility doctor who helped their parents have a baby
Dutch fertility doctor Jan Karbaat secretly inseminated dozens of women with his own sperm. 

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