Horizon — 1992

Jan 19921h

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

Jan 19921h

Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.

Jan 19921h

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 19921h

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

Feb 19921h

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

Feb 19921h

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

Feb 19921h

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?

Mar 19921h

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

Mar 19921h

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

Mar 19921h

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 19921h

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.

Apr 19921h

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

Apr 19921h

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

Apr 19921h

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

May 19921h

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

May 19921h

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

Jun 19921h

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 19921h

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 19921h

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