The Best Episodes of Horizon Season 34

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   #1 - Psychedelic Science

   S34:E12/27/1997

   Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.

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   #2 - Fat Cats, Thin Mice

   S34:E23/6/1997

   In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and explore reports on a so-called fat free fat and two new drugs which have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity.

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   #3 - Shipwreck

   S34:E33/13/1997

   Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.

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   #4 - Genius of the Jet

   S34:E43/20/1997

   This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.

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   #5 - Smallpox on Death Row

   S34:E53/27/1997

   In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?

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   #6 - Silent Children, New Language

   S34:E64/3/1997

   In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.

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   #7 - Turned On by Danger

   S34:E74/17/1997

   Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.

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   #8 - A Perfect Oil Spill

   S34:E84/24/1997

   Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.

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   #9 - The Great Balloon Race

   S34:E95/1/1997

   Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.

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    #10 - Crater of Death

    S34:E109/11/1997

    Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

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    #11 - Mind Over Body

    S34:E119/18/1997

    Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.

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    #12 - Out of Asia

    S34:E129/25/1997

    In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.

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    #13 - The Virus that Cures

    S34:E1310/9/1997

    Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.

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    #14 - The Man Who Lost his Body

    S34:E1410/16/1997

    Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.

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    #15 - Dawn of the Clone Age

    S34:E1510/23/1997

    This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.

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