Horizon - Season 27 / Year 1990
Season 27 / Year 1990
Network
Episodes20
DatesJan 8, 1990 - Jun 25, 1990
Episodes
Year 1990Episode 160 min
Oil Spill
After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Horizon looks at tanker design and the technology used for dealing with major oil slicks.
Jan 8, 1990
Year 1990Episode 260 min
Medicine 2000
Horizon reports on medical developments in Britain which could mean by the year 2000, health care will be very different.
Jan 15, 1990
Year 1990Episode 360 min
Food Irradiation: Would You Buy It?
Horizon examines the history of research into irradiated food.
Jan 22, 1990
Year 1990Episode 460 min
From Earth to Miranda
In this Horizon documentary, we look at how NASA launched the Voyager space probes to explore the planets of the outer solar system.
Jan 29, 1990
Year 1990Episode 560 min
Encounter with Neptune
This report by Horizon presents the Voyager space probe close up encounter with the planet Neptune.
Feb 5, 1990
Year 1990Episode 660 min
Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
Horizon looks at the potential implications of genetically engineering plants.
Feb 12, 1990
Year 1990Episode 760 min
The First 14 Days
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.
Feb 19, 1990
Year 1990Episode 860 min
The 10,000 Year Test
Horizon reports on how America has chosen to bury all of its most lethal radioactive waste under Yucca mountain in the state of Nevada.
Mar 5, 1990
Year 1990Episode 960 min
Hurricane!
Horizon explores the inside of Hurricane Gilbert as it neared Jamaica on a direct course for the United States.
Mar 12, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1060 min
The Britannic Greenhouse
Horizon investigates how British scientists have begun to experiment to predict the effects of a changing climate from Greenhouse gases.
Mar 19, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1160 min
Cold Fusion
This story by Horizon investigates cold fusion
Mar 26, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1260 min
The Quake of '89 - The Final Warning?
Horizon presents the real story of seismic neglect and the failure of the San Francisco city government to protect its citizens.
Apr 2, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1360 min
The Sharpest Show of the Universe
In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo.
Apr 9, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1460 min
The Company of Ants and Bees
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.
Apr 23, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1560 min
The Intelligent Island
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.
Apr 30, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1660 min
Legacy of a Volcano
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.
May 14, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1760 min
Do Cows Make You Mad?
This episode of Horizon is about BSE transmitted in cattle feed and causing the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome in humans.
May 21, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1860 min
The Child Mothers
Horizon investigates how teenage pregnancy is now posing massive health and social problems in many societies.
Jun 4, 1990
Year 1990Episode 1960 min
Signs of Life
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.
Jun 11, 1990
Year 1990Episode 2060 min
AIDS: A Quest for a Cure
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.
Jun 25, 1990
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