Horizon S33E04 · Nature's Numbers

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Follows a group of biologists Conservation International who take a pragmatic approach to what species can be saved.They travel to the Bolivian rainforest to assess missing species.

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1. 1 1. The Butchers of Boxgrove1996-01-08 · 1h 0mInvestigates the case of the "Boxgrove Man". Follows archaeologist Mark Roberts who tries to piece together the history of the first Englishman, from a shin bone nearly 500,000 yea
2. 2 2. Fermat's Last Theorem1996-01-15 · 1h 0mTells the story of mathematician Andrew Wiles who has made it his life's work to solve the puzzle of Fermat's last theorem that has baffled minds for three centuries.
3. 3 3. A Miracle for Cancer ?1996-01-22 · 1h 0mExamines the latest research aimed at conquering cancer. Includes research into vaccines for prostate cancer and skin cancer.
4. 4 4. Nature's Numbers1996-01-29 · 1h 0mFollows a group of biologists Conservation International who take a pragmatic approach to what species can be saved.They travel to the Bolivian rainforest to assess missing species
5. 5 5. The Gene Race1996-02-05 · 1h 0mFollows two teams of researchers, in Britain and USA as they use radically different genetic techniques in the race to find an effective treatment against cystic fibrosis.
6. 6 6. Masters of the Ionosphere1996-02-12 · 1h 0mRecounts the history of scientific attempts from Marconi onwards to understand the atmospheric layer, known as the ionosphere. Discusses interest shown by the US Military in the re
7. 7 7. Assault on the Male (revisited)1996-02-26 · 1h 0mAre changes in modern living increasing levels of oestrogen and threatening males of different species, from alligators to humans?
8. 8 8. Death by Design1996-03-04 · 1h 0mIn this Horizon documentary, we look at the notion that each cell in our body is programmed to die. Understanding this concept has major implications for research into disease.
9. 9 9. The Planet Hunters1996-03-11 · 1h 0mFollows astronomers from Manchester, Switzerland and California as they search for planets with liquid water on them, the prerequisite for life
10. 10 10. Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)1996-03-25 · 1h 0mIn this episode of Horizon, which is a follow-up to the 1991 documentary, we follow a group of soviet scientists on a suicide mission as they search for the missing nuclear fuel in
11. 11 11. Fallout from Chernobyl1996-04-01 · 1h 0mReports on the work by scientists Dr Keith Baverstock and Sir Dillwyn Williams to confirm that the outbreak of thyroid cancer in children in Belarus and the Ukraine was due to the
12. 12 12. TV is Dead, Long Live TV1996-11-04 · 1h 0mIn this documentary, Horizon compares the future of television with the years of experimentation before the first BBC broadcasts in 1936.
13. 13 13. Aliens from Mars1996-11-11 · 1h 0mAn investigation into claims that life once existed on Mars. NASA scientists and their critics discuss the fossils discovered in a small meteoric rock in Antarctica earlier in 1996
14. 14 14. Living Death1996-11-25 · 1h 0mLooks at new treatments for patients in a persistent vegetative state. Focuses on the case of Geoffrey Wildsmith who was misdiagnosed as being PVS. He had awoken from his coma but
15. 15 15. The Time Lords1996-12-02 · 1h 0mAn investigation into claims by researchers that time travel is not only theoretically possible but is already happening.
16. 16 16. Noah's Flood1996-12-16 · 1h 0mFollows the work of geologists Bill Ryan and Walter Pitman, who for twenty five years have been investigating evidence for the location of the biblical flood and Noah's Ark.