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Horizon - Season 29

Episode List

The Shadow of Breast Cancer
E1 - The Shadow of Breast Cancer

Aired: January 06, 1992

Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.

Pest Wars
E2 - Pest Wars

Aired: January 13, 1992

Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.

Molecules With Sunglasses
E3 - Molecules With Sunglasses

Aired: January 20, 1992

About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.

In Search of the Noble Savage
E4 - In Search of the Noble Savage

Aired: January 27, 1992

Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.

Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
E5 - Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites

Aired: February 03, 1992

In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.

The Black Sun
E6 - The Black Sun

Aired: February 17, 1992

Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.

Hitler's Bomb
E7 - Hitler's Bomb

Aired: February 24, 1992

Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?

An Expensive Theology
E8 - An Expensive Theology

Aired: March 02, 1992

This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.

The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
E9 - The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing

Aired: March 09, 1992

Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.

Hot Jam in the Doughnut
E10 - Hot Jam in the Doughnut

Aired: March 16, 1992

This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.

A Diet for a Lifetime
E11 - A Diet for a Lifetime

Aired: March 30, 1992

Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.

Before Babel
E12 - Before Babel

Aired: April 06, 1992

Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.

The Man Who Moved the Mountains
E13 - The Man Who Moved the Mountains

Aired: April 13, 1992

In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.

Iceman
E14 - Iceman

Aired: April 27, 1992

Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.

Taking the Credit
E15 - Taking the Credit

Aired: May 11, 1992

Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.

Fast Life in the Food Chain
E16 - Fast Life in the Food Chain

Aired: May 18, 1992

In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.

Dodging Doomsday
E17 - Dodging Doomsday

Aired: June 01, 1992

Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?

A Question of Sport...
E18 - A Question of Sport...

Aired: June 08, 1992

Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.

Genes R Us
E19 - Genes R Us

Aired: June 15, 1992

This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.