The BEST episodes of Horizon season 1992
Every episode of Horizon season 1992, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Horizon season 1992!
Amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
#1 - Molecules With Sunglasses
Season 1992 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1992
About the original discovery in 1985 of a third form of solid carbon, named Buckminsterfullerene after the architect who invented geodesic domes. The two scientists who discovered the material glimpsed it for brief seconds only in their lasers but neither they nor other scientists subsequently could make the substance last long enough in the laser to prove their theory. Then in 1990, a couple of physicists with an arc-welder in a bell-jar found they could make as much Buckminsterfullerene as they liked, and industrial applications opened up, with talk of new polymers, molecular ball-bearings, lubricants and super- conductors. Meanwhile, the original discoverers were turning back to the fundamental questions surrounding the discovery, such as how and why does it form; does it exist in space or is it the solution to one of the great mysteries of the universe.
#2 - Hot Jam in the Doughnut
Season 1992 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/1992
This episode of Horizon is about how nuclear fusion has been heralded as the power of the future with the promise of clean affordable energy.
#3 - Genes R Us
Season 1992 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/15/1992
This Horizon program looks at the stereotyped image of the scientist.
#4 - A Question of Sport...
Season 1992 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/8/1992
Horizon presents the current evidence of a massive sporting fraud in the former Eastern Germany that has now been uncovered. The evidence shows that the East German Olympic success through the 1980's was due in part to the sophisticated use of drugs, a practice which the East German state endorsed.
#5 - Dodging Doomsday
Season 1992 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/1/1992
Horizon brings you this report to explain when animal communities exceed carrying capacities of their environments, they crash spectacularly. Will this also happen to humans?
#6 - Fast Life in the Food Chain
Season 1992 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/1992
In this story, Horizon presents an investigation into the research to make livestock and poultry grow bigger and stronger.
#7 - Taking the Credit
Season 1992 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/1992
Horizon investigates the claims by rival American and French scientists as to who first discovered the HIV virus.
#8 - Iceman
Season 1992 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/27/1992
Horizon reports on the investigation into a well-preserved human corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.
#9 - The Man who Moved the Mountains
Season 1992 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/13/1992
In this report, Horizon presents that scientific observations have shown that the landscape is constantly moving.
#10 - Before Babel
Season 1992 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/6/1992
Horizon explores the development of languages all over the world and attempts to reconstruct the first spoken words.
#11 - A Diet for a Lifetime
Season 1992 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/1992
Horizon presents a story about what a women eats before and during pregnancy can determine the diseases her children may suffer from later in their life.
#12 - The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
Season 1992 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/1992
Horizon presents the life and work of mathematician Dr. Alan Turing.
#13 - An Expensive Theology
Season 1992 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/1992
This episode of Horizon looks at Britain's science spending and how it is falling behind it's competitors.
#14 - Hitler's Bomb
Season 1992 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/1992
Horizon investigates how in 1939, the Nazis led the race for the atomic bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of a victory over the allies?
#15 - The Black Sun
Season 1992 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/1992
Horizon follows five teams of scientists on the island of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as they wait for a solar eclipse.
#16 - Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
Season 1992 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1992
In this episode, Horizon look at attempts to persuade major respected organizations to do controlled trials on a synthetic malaria vaccine.
#17 - In Search of the Noble Savage
Season 1992 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1992
Horizon explores the ecological track record of the North American Indians.
#18 - Pest Wars
Season 1992 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1992
Horizon examines the advantages and disadvantages of biological pest control.
#19 - The Shadow of Breast Cancer
Season 1992 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1992
Horizon presents a new study that has highlighted the case of breast cancer.