Episode guide
Horizon: 2010-2011
15 episodes · first aired Sep 27, 2010
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- 1 Back from the Dead Sep 27, 2010 · 1h Dr Kevin Fong investigates a technique that is used to bring people back from the dead.
- 2 The Death of the Oceans? Oct 4, 2010 · 1h Sir David Attenborough reveals the findings of one of the most ambitious scientific studies of our time - an investigation into what is happening to our oceans. He looks at whether it is…
- 3 What Happened Before the Big Bang? Oct 11, 2011 · 1h They are the biggest questions that science can possibly ask: where did everything in our universe come from? How did it all begin? For nearly a hundred years, we thought we had the…
- 4 Is Seeing Believing? Oct 18, 2010 · 1h Horizon explores the strange and wonderful world of illusions - and reveals the tricks they play on our senses and why they fool us. We show how easy it is to trick your sense of taste by…
- 5 Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome Oct 25, 2010 · 1h A decade ago, scientists announced that they had produced the first draft of the human genome, the 3.6 billion letters of our genetic code. It was seen as one of the greatest scientific…
- 6 Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Nov 3, 2010 · 1h Famed for their ability to inflict Armageddon from outer space, asteroids are now revealing the secrets of how they are responsible for both life and death on our planet.
- 7 Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story Nov 16, 2010 · 1h Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster…
- 8 What Is One Degree? Jan 10, 2011 · 1h Comedian Ben Miller returns to his roots as a physicist to try to answer a deceptively simple question: what is one degree of temperature? His quest takes him to the frontiers of current…
- 9 What Is Reality? Jan 17, 2011 · 1h There is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses. The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective…
- 10 Science Under Attack Jan 24, 2011 · 1h Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse examines why science appears to be under attack, and why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded - from the theory that man-made climate…
- 11 The Secret World of Pain Jan 31, 2011 · 1h Horizon reveals the latest research into one of the most mysterious and common human experiences - pain. Breakthroughs have come from studying a remarkable woman in London who has felt no…
- 12 Surviving a Car Crash Feb 7, 2011 · 1h Horizon meets the scientists working to make fatal car crashes a thing of the past. A remarkable fusion of mechanical engineering and biology promises to save countless lives across the…
- 13 How to Mend a Broken Heart Feb 14, 2011 · 1h Dr Kevin Fong finds out how close scientists are to being able to mend your heart if it stops working. He meets some of the people who have undergone pioneering heart operations and the…
- 14 Are We Still Evolving? Mar 1, 2011 · 1h Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving? There's no doubt that we're a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern…
- 15 Predators in Your Backyard Mar 8, 2011 · 1h Across the world scientists are releasing predators, nature's ultimate killers, close to where people live. In Florida, a new population of panthers, feared as ambush predators, have been…