Episode guide
Horizon: 2012-2013
16 episodes · first aired Jul 23, 2012
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- 1 The Truth About Looking Young Jul 23, 2012 · 1h Plastic surgeon Dr Rozina Ali leaves the operating theatre behind for the frontiers of skin science and asks if it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery. She discovers…
- 2 Mission to Mars Jul 30, 2012 · 1h Horizon goes behind the scenes at NASA as they countdown to the landing of a 2.5 billion-dollar rover on the surface of Mars. In six days time, the nuclear-powered vehicle - the size of a…
- 3 Eat, Fast and Live Longer Aug 6, 2012 · 1h Michael Mosley has set himself a truly ambitious goal: he wants to live longer, stay younger and lose weight in the bargain. And he wants to make as few changes to his life as possible…
- 4 How Big Is the Universe? Aug 27, 2012 · 1h Cosmologists talk about their project to create a map of everything in existence, and also reveal that their research has some highly unexpected results, creating a picture stranger than…
- 5 How Small Is the Universe? Sep 3, 2012 · 1h Horizon plunges down the biggest rabbit-hole in history in search of the smallest thing in the Universe. It is a journey where things don't just become smaller but also a whole lot…
- 6 Defeating the Superbugs Sep 10, 2012 · 1h Across the world we are seeing the emergence of bacteria that have gone rogue. These are the superbugs, dangerous bacteria that are becoming resistant to our only defense; antibiotics…
- 7 The Creative Brain: How Insight Works Mar 14, 2013 · 1h It is a feeling we all know - the moment when a light goes on in your head. In a sudden flash of inspiration, a new idea is born. Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try…
- 8 How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery Mar 21, 2013 · 1h A&E doctor Kevin Fong finds out how doctors can avoid making mistakes in the high-pressure, high-stakes world of the operating theatre. He sets out to learn how other professionals make…
- 9 The Truth about Taste Mar 28, 2013 · 1h Taste is our most indulgent sense but it is only in recent years that we have started to understand why we really love the foods we do - and it is a lot more surprising than you might…
- 10 The Age of Big Data Apr 4, 2013 · 1h In Los Angeles, a remarkable experiment is underway; the police are trying to predict crime, before it even happens. At the heart of the city of London, one trader believes that he has…
- 11 The Secret Life of the Cat Jun 13, 2013 · 1h Horizon discovers what your cat really gets up to when it leaves the cat flap. In a groundbreaking experiment, 50 cats from a village in Surrey are tagged with GPS collars and their every…
- 12 Little Cat Diaries Jun 14, 2013 · 1h 50 cats were fitted with GPS collars to track their every movement, and cat-cams to record their unique view of the world. In this groundbreaking experiment, a few cats stood out. They…
- 13 Fracking: The New Energy Rush Jun 19, 2013 · 1h Iain Stewart investigates a new and controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground. Sometimes, this is right under the places people live in. Getting it out of the…
- 14 Swallowed by a Black Hole Jun 26, 2013 · 1h This summer, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is getting ready to feast. A gas cloud three times the size of our planet has strayed within the gravitational reach of our…
- 15 What Makes us Human? Jul 3, 2013 · 1h Professor Alice Roberts is making a new human being - she is pregnant with her second child. But before he is born, she wants to find out what makes a human, human? What is that separates…
- 16 The Truth About Personality Jul 10, 2013 · 1h Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed. Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about…