The car has shrunk the world, increased personal freedom and in so many ways expanded our horizons, but there is a flipside. Fumes from car exhausts have helped to destroy our environment, poisoned the air we breathe and killed us in far more straightforward ways. But all that is going to change. 　　This episode enters a world where cars can drive themselves, a world where we are ...

A few weeks ago, the National Health Service was hit by a widespread and devastating cyber attack - Horizon tells the inside story of one of the most challenging days in the history of the NHS. 　　On the morning of 12 May the attack started. Appointment systems, pathology labs, x-rays and even CT scanners were infected - putting not just data but patients lives at risk, and on eve...

修建在南极布伦特冰架上的英国最尖端科学考察站哈利六号（Halley VI）遇到麻烦，巨大冰裂缝距离科考站只有6公里。本片讲述为价值近3千万英镑的哈利搬家的艰难工程。 　　Last year, Natalie Hewit documented the British Antarctic Survey’s attempt to drag Halley VI, its 981-tonne research station, 23km to a safer location as the Brunt ice shelf it stands on begins to break up. The “beakers” – the science folk – make up a small minority of those involved – there are ...

Volcanoes have long helped shape the Earth. But what is less well known is that there are volcanoes on other planets and moons that are even more extraordinary than those on our own home planet. 　　Horizon follows an international team of volcanologists in Iceland as they draw fascinating parallels between the volcanoes on Earth and those elsewhere in the solar system. Through the...

ADHD指注意缺陷多动障碍，又称多动症。英国著名喜剧演员Rory Bremner受到多动症的困扰，他采访医疗机构，尝试新药，了解ADHD背后的科学

In 2014, the International Space Station had to move three times to avoid lethal chunks of space debris and there is an increasing problem of satellites mysteriously breaking down. With first-hand accounts from astronauts and experts, Horizon reveals the scale of the problem of space junk. Our planet is surrounded by hundreds of millions of pieces of junk moving at 17,000 miles...

The team investigate the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3-D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the strange role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief. 　　This episode of Horizon meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs wher...

New planets are now being discovered outside our solar system on a regular basis, and these strange new worlds are forcing scientists to rewrite the history of our own solar system. Far from a simple story of stable orbits, the creation of our solar system is a tale of hellfire, chaos and planetary pinball. 　　It's a miracle our Earth is here at all.

The Ebola virus. No-one knows exactly where it comes from but one thing is certain - it's one of the most virulent infections known to science. This special episode of Horizon meets the scientists and doctors from all around the world looking for the cure and hears first-hand accounts of what it's actually like to catch - and survive - this terrible disease.

Changes to the bacteria that live inside all of us are responsible for increasing the number of people with allergies, suggests new research. 　　In this episode of Horizon, the show investigates this claim by conducting a unique experiment with two allergic families in order to find out just what it is in the modern world that is to blame. With a raft of mini cameras, GPS units an...

Dr Michael Mosley seeks to establish the truth about meat. Every year, humans raise and eat 65 billion animals - nine animals for every person on the globe. In this eye-opening documentary, Michael examines the impact that this is having on the planet and finds out what meat eco-friendly carnivores should be buying. Is it better to buy free-range organic or factory-farmed meat?...

Dr Michael Mosley seeks to establish the truth about meat. Are those barbecue favourites like burgers and sausages really that bad? Should we all go vegetarian instead? 　　Michael uncovers the latest science and puts it to the test on a high-meat diet. Will eating beef and bacon every day be bad for him? What meat should a healthy carnivore be buying?

Alice Roberts explores the latest discoveries in the study of human origins, revealing the transformation that has been brought about in this field by genetics. 　　Traditional paleo-anthropology, based on fossils, is being transformed by advanced genome sequencing techniques. We now know that there were at least four other distinct species of human on the planet at the same time a...

The acerbically witty and severely facially disfigured broadcaster Adam Pearson presents a personal film about genetics. He and his twin brother Neil are genetically identical and both share the same genetic disease, Neurofibromatosis 1 (Nf1) - yet they are completely different. Adam's face is covered with growths, whereas Neil has none. Neil has short-term memory loss, whereas...

2013年2月28日，佛罗里达坦帕市东郊住宅区，正在熟睡中的杰夫·布什和他的卧室突然消失得无影无踪。可怕的是，他消失前毫无征兆，杰夫从此杳无音信。他被陷穴吞没了。那么，陷穴是如何形成的？对于陷穴我们能做些什么？在这个不可思议的地理侦探故事片中，伊恩·斯图尔特博士发掘了地球几百万年的历史，以寻找这些问题的答案，并追问是否会有更多陷穴在我们身边出现。

Horizon: The Truth About Looking Young Plastic surgeon Dr Rozina Ali leaves the operating theatre behind for the frontiers of skin science and asks if it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery. She discovers the latest research about how the foods we eat can protect our skin from damage, and how a chemical found in a squid's eye is at the forefront of a new ...

作为一个物种，我们总认为自己很聪明，是理性动物，能做出理智的决定。但或许我们该重新思考一下。每当我们做决定时，我们的直觉和逻辑就会展开一场斗争，而直觉的力量常常超乎我们想象。这种冲突影响我们生活的方方面面，比如饮食、习惯、信仰等。我们对人类心智的理解将发生变革，丹尼尔?卡恩曼教授将对这场变革进行阐述

They are the miracle pills that shouldn't really work at all. Placebos come in all shapes and sizes, but they contain no active ingredient. Now they are being shown to help treat pain, depression and even alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Horizon explores why they work, and how we could all benefit from the hidden power of the placebo.

BBC纪录片《油糖陷阱》本片通过真人测试发现：单独吃糖或脂肪，短期内都可减轻体重；造成肥胖问题的根源是“糖油混合物”；不摄取糖分反而易得糖尿病

Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it's all about novel ways we can monitor ourselves around the clock. How we exercise, how we sleep, even how we sit. 　　Some doctors are now prescribing apps the way they once prescribed pills. Kevin meets the pioneers of this ...

There are about 600 murders each year in the UK. So, what drives people to kill? Are some people born to kill or are they driven to it by circumstances? 　　In this programme, Michael Mosley delves into the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why people kill, and to find out whether by understanding murder we can p...