Episode guide
Horizon: 1992
19 episodes · premiered Jan 6, 1992
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- Episode 1: The Shadow of Breast Cancer Jan 6, 1992 · 1h Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
- Episode 2: Pest Wars Jan 13, 1992 · 1h Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
- Episode 3: Molecules With Sunglasses Jan 20, 1992 · 1h 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…
- Episode 4: In Search of the Noble Savage Jan 27, 1992 · 1h Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
- Episode 5: Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites Feb 3, 1992 · 1h In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
- Episode 6: The Black Sun Feb 17, 1992 · 1h Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
- Episode 7: Hitler's Bomb Feb 24, 1992 · 1h 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?
- Episode 8: An Expensive Theology Mar 2, 1992 · 1h This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
- Episode 9: The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing Mar 9, 1992 · 1h Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
- Episode 10: Hot Jam in the Doughnut Mar 16, 1992 · 1h 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.
- Episode 11: A Diet for a Lifetime Mar 30, 1992 · 1h 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.
- Episode 12: Before Babel Apr 6, 1992 · 1h Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
- Episode 13: The Man Who Moved the Mountains Apr 13, 1992 · 1h In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
- Episode 14: Iceman Apr 27, 1992 · 1h Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
- Episode 15: Taking the Credit May 11, 1992 · 1h Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
- Episode 16: Fast Life in the Food Chain May 18, 1992 · 1h In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
- Episode 17: Dodging Doomsday Jun 1, 1992 · 1h 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?
- Episode 18: A Question of Sport... Jun 8, 1992 · 1h 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…
- Episode 19: Genes R Us Jun 15, 1992 · 1h This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.