Horizon Season 2010

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2010x01 The Secret Life of the Dog aired Jan 06, 2010

We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs - closer than with any other animal on the planet. But what makes the bond between us so special? Research... read more

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2010x02 Why Do Viruses Kill? aired Jan 13, 2010

Just months ago, the world stood in fear of an emerging new disease that threatened to kill millions. A new flu variant H1N1 had arrived. In the UK alone, 65... read more

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2010x03 Pill Poppers aired Jan 20, 2010

Over a person's lifetime they are likely to be prescribed more than 14,000 pills. Antibiotics, cholesterol lowering tablets, anti-depressants, painkillers, e... read more

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2010x04 Don't Grow Old aired Feb 03, 2010

For centuries scientists have been attempting to come up with an elixir of youth. Now remarkable discoveries are suggesting that ageing is something flexible... read more

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2010x05 To Infinity and Beyond aired Feb 10, 2010

By our third year, most of us will have learned to count. Once we know how, it seems as if there would be nothing to stop us counting forever. But, while inf... read more

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2010x06 What Makes a Genius? aired Feb 17, 2010

Could you have come up with Einstein's theory of relativity? If not - why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Mar... read more

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2010x07 Did Cooking Make Us Human? aired Mar 02, 2010

Horizon examines the evidence that our ancestors' changing diet and mastery of fire prompted anatomical and neurological changes that took us out of the tree... read more

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2010x08 Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong? aired Mar 09, 2010

There's something very odd going on in space - something that shouldn't be possible. It is as though vast swathes of the universe are being hoovered up by a... read more

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2010x09 Back from the Dead aired Sep 27, 2010

Dr Kevin Fong investigates a technique that is used to bring people back from the dead.

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2010x10 The Death of the Oceans aired Oct 04, 2010

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 ocea... read more

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2010x11 What Happened Before the Big Bang? aired Oct 11, 2010

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 year... read more

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2010x12 Is Seeing Believing? aired Oct 18, 2010

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 i... read more

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2010x13 Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome aired Oct 25, 2010

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... read more

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2010x14 Asteroids: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly aired Nov 03, 2010

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 o... read more

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2010x15 Deepwater Disaster: The Untold Story aired Nov 16, 2010

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 wor... read more

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