Horizon - Season 29 / Year 1992

Horizon - Season 29 / Year 1992

Season 29 / Year 1992

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Episodes19
DatesJan 6, 1992 - Jun 15, 1992
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Episodes

The Shadow of Breast Cancer
Year 1992Episode 160 min

The Shadow of Breast Cancer

Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
Jan 6, 1992
Pest Wars
Year 1992Episode 260 min

Pest Wars

Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
Jan 13, 1992
Molecules with Sunglasses
Year 1992Episode 360 min

Molecules with Sunglasses

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.
Jan 20, 1992
In Search of the Noble Savage
Year 1992Episode 460 min

In Search of the Noble Savage

Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
Jan 27, 1992
Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
Year 1992Episode 560 min

Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites

In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
Feb 3, 1992
The Black Sun
Year 1992Episode 660 min

The Black Sun

Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
Feb 17, 1992
Hitler's Bomb
Year 1992Episode 760 min

Hitler's Bomb

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?
Feb 24, 1992
An Expensive Theology
Year 1992Episode 860 min

An Expensive Theology

This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
Mar 2, 1992
The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
Year 1992Episode 960 min

The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing

Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
Mar 9, 1992
Hot Jam in the Doughnut
Year 1992Episode 1060 min

Hot Jam in the Doughnut

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.
Mar 16, 1992
A Diet for a Lifetime
Year 1992Episode 1160 min

A Diet for a Lifetime

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.
Mar 30, 1992
Before Babel
Year 1992Episode 1260 min

Before Babel

Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
Apr 6, 1992
The Man Who Moved the Mountains
Year 1992Episode 1360 min

The Man Who Moved the Mountains

In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
Apr 13, 1992
Iceman
Year 1992Episode 1460 min

Iceman

Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
Apr 27, 1992
Taking the Credit
Year 1992Episode 1560 min

Taking the Credit

Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
May 11, 1992
Fast Life in the Food Chain
Year 1992Episode 1660 min

Fast Life in the Food Chain

In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
May 18, 1992
Dodging Doomsday
Year 1992Episode 1760 min

Dodging Doomsday

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?
Jun 1, 1992
A Question of Sport...
Year 1992Episode 1860 min

A Question of Sport...

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.
Jun 8, 1992
Genes R Us
Year 1992Episode 1960 min

Genes R Us

This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.
Jun 15, 1992

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