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Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Episode 19 : Genes R Us
June. 15,1992
This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.
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Episode 18 : A Question of Sport...
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.
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Episode 17 : Dodging Doomsday
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?
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Episode 16 : Fast Life in the Food Chain
May. 18,1992
In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
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Episode 15 : Taking the Credit
May. 11,1992
Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
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Episode 14 : Iceman
April. 27,1992
Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
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Episode 13 : The Man Who Moved the Mountains
April. 13,1992
In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
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Episode 12 : Before Babel
April. 06,1992
Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
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Episode 11 : A Diet for a Lifetime
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.
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Episode 10 : Hot Jam in the Doughnut
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.
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Episode 9 : The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
March. 09,1992
Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
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Episode 8 : An Expensive Theology
March. 02,1992
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
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Episode 7 : Hitler's Bomb
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?
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Episode 6 : The Black Sun
February. 17,1992
Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
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Episode 5 : Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
February. 03,1992
In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
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Episode 4 : In Search of the Noble Savage
January. 27,1992
Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
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Episode 2 : Pest Wars
January. 13,1992
Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
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Episode 1 : The Shadow of Breast Cancer
January. 06,1992
Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.
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