Episode guide
Horizon: 2013-2014
11 episodes · first aired Aug 12, 2013
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- 1 Monitor Me Aug 12, 2013 · 1h Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it's all about novel ways we can…
- 2 Defeating the Hackers Aug 19, 2013 · 1h Exploring the murky and fast-paced world of the hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people's online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help…
- 3 Dinosaurs: The Hunt for Life Aug 26, 2013 · 1h The hunt for life within the long-dead bones of dinosaurs may sound like the stuff of Hollywood fantasy - but one woman has found traces of life within the fossilised bones of a T Rex. Dr…
- 4 Sugar v Fat Jan 29, 2014 · 1h What's worse for us: sugar or fat? To answer the hottest question in nutrition, twin doctors Chris and Xand Van Tulleken go on month long high-fat and high-sugar diets. The effects on…
- 5 Swallowed by a Sink Hole Feb 3, 2014 · 1h In February 2013, a hole opened up beneath a home in Florida, and swallowed a man. Jeff Bush was asleep when a sinkhole opened up beneath his bedroom. Despite the efforts of his brother to…
- 6 Man on Mars - Mission to the Red Planet Feb 10, 2014 · 1h Horizon goes behind the scenes at Nasa to discover how it is preparing for its most ambitious and daring mission: to land men - and possibly women - on the surface of Mars. It's over 40…
- 7 The Power of the Placebo Feb 17, 2014 · 1h As they contain no active ingredient, placebo medicines and pills should not really work, but they are now being shown to be effective in helping treat pain and depression and even…
- 8 How You Really Make Decisions Feb 24, 2014 · 1h Horizon uncovers the truth about how you really make decisions. Every day you make thousands of decisions, big and small, and behind all them is a powerful battle in your mind, pitting…
- 9 Living with Autism Apr 1, 2014 · 1h When pioneering developmental psychologist Professor Uta Frith started her training back in the 1960s, she met a group of beautiful, bright-eyed young children who seemed completely…
- 10 Where is Flight MH370? Jun 17, 2014 · 1h Horizon tells the inside story of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. With access to the key players on the frontline in the southern Indian Ocean and the British satellite…
- 12 What's Wrong with Our Weather? Jul 17, 2014 · 1h Over the last few years, our weather in Britain has become more extreme. Last winter was the wettest ever recorded, as deadly storms battered the country for weeks on end. But previous…