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After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Horizon looks at tanker design and the technology used for dealing with major oil slicks.
Horizon reports on medical developments in Britain which could mean by the year 2000, health care will be very different.
Horizon examines the history of research into irradiated food.
In this Horizon documentary, we look at how NASA launched the Voyager space probes to explore the planets of the outer solar system.
This report by Horizon presents the Voyager space probe close up encounter with the planet Neptune.
Horizon looks at the potential implications of genetically engineering plants.
Horizon brings you a documentary on embryology - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms from the moment of conception.
Horizon reports on how America has chosen to bury all of its most lethal radioactive waste under Yucca mountain in the state of Nevada.
Horizon explores the inside of Hurricane Gilbert as it neared Jamaica on a direct course for the United States.
Horizon investigates how British scientists have begun to experiment to predict the effects of a changing climate from Greenhouse gases.
This story by Horizon investigates cold fusion
Horizon presents the real story of seismic neglect and the failure of the San Francisco city government to protect its citizens.
In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo.
What can we learn from insects? Professor James Gould explains on Horizon that the human society may be able to predict their own future based on the society structure of ants and bees.
This Horizon documentary looks at the radical transformations in the Singapore society as its technology extends into monitoring, logging, and linking up all businesses, information, and aspects of life on computer systems. The country's ultimate plan is to link the entire population electronically through the world's most advanced videotext system called Teleview. The report raises the question of what type of society this may create and also the political implications of such a system.
Horizon looks at the area around Mt. St. Helens 10 years after the volcanic eruption that devastated more 500 square kilometres of forest land in just minutes.
This episode of Horizon is about BSE transmitted in cattle feed and causing the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome in humans.
Horizon investigates how teenage pregnancy is now posing massive health and social problems in many societies.
Horizon examines the possibility of scientists, either intentionally or unintentionally, creating living forms which could enjoy an independent existence, initially confined to computers and telephone networks, and in the form of computer viruses.
Horizon investigates new breakthroughs in the scientific study, analysis, and reproduction of cells and their compounds, which may lead to the development of a cure for the AIDS virus.
