Horizon Season 2012

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2012x01 Playing God aired Jan 17, 2012

Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists, the spider-goat. It is part goat, part spider, and its milk can be used to create artifi... read more

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2012x02 The Truth About Exercise aired Feb 28, 2012

Like many, Michael Mosley want to get fitter and healthier but can't face hours on the treadmill or trips to the gym. Help may be at hand. He uncovers the... read more

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2012x03 Solar Storms: The Threat to Planet Earth aired Mar 06, 2012

Scientists are expecting a fit of violent activity on the sun which will propel billions of tonnes of superheated gas and pulses of energy towards our planet... read more

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2012x04 Out of Control? aired Mar 13, 2012

We all like to think we are in control of our lives - of what we feel and what we think. But scientists are now discovering this is often simply an illusion.... read more

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2012x05 The Truth about Fat aired Mar 20, 2012

Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to fight the fat epidemic. She discovers ... read more

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2012x06 Global Weirding aired Mar 27, 2012

Something weird seems to be happening to our weather - it appears to be getting more extreme. In the past few years we have shivered through two record-br... read more

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2012x07 The Hunt for AI aired Apr 03, 2012

Over the past year, Horizon has been behind the scenes at one of Britain's leading cancer hospitals, the Royal Marsden in London. The film follows Rosemar... read more

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2012x08 Defeating Cancer aired Apr 10, 2012

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... read more

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2012x09 The Truth About Looking Young aired Jul 23, 2012

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 chan... read more

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2012x10 Mission to Mars aired Jul 30, 2012

Cosmologists talk about their project to create a map of everything in existence, and also reveal that their research has some highly unexpected results, cre... read more

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2012x11 Eat, Fast and Live Longer aired Aug 06, 2012

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 sm... read more

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2012x12 How Big Is the Universe? aired Aug 27, 2012

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 ... read more

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2012x13 How Small is the Universe? aired Sep 03, 2012

Horizon goes behind the scenes at Nasa as they count down to the landing of a 2.5 billion-dollar rover on the surface of Mars. The nuclear-powered vehicle, t... read more

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2012x14 Defeating the Superbugs aired Sep 10, 2012

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 sm... read more

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2012x15 Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing aired Jul 17, 2012

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 ... read more

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2012x16 The Final Frontier? A Horizon Guide to the Universe aired Oct 17, 2012

Dallas Campbell looks back through almost 50 years of the Horizon archives to chart the scientific breakthroughs that have transformed our understanding of t... read more

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