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...

BBC 电子游戏自诞生之日起，媒体与学界对其进行的争论就从未停息。有人说它使人成瘾，有人说它让人变得暴力……然而这些都是真的吗？电子游戏真的有那么坏吗？《地平线》将带你回顾三十年来学界对其进行的各项研究，从科学角度阐释电子游戏对人脑产生的影响，以及它可能为我们带来的益处。

Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are president of the United States. Imagine a world where the laws of physics no longer apply and where infinite copies of you are playing out every storyline of your life. 　　It sounds like a plot stolen straight from Hollywood, but far from it. This is the multiverse. 　　Until v...

Most of us think that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just over fussy tidying. But it's actually much more serious. Sophie has to check that she hasn't killed people, looking for dead bodies wherever she goes, Richard is terrified of touching the bin, and Nanda is about to have pioneering brain surgery to stop her worrying about components on her body - that her eyebrow ...

Horizon reveals how new archaeological discoveries are painting a different picture of the very first native Britons. For centuries it's been thought that these hunter-gatherers lived a brutal, hand-to-mouth existence. But extraordinary new evidence has forced scientists to rethink who these people were, where they came from and what impact they had on our early history. 　　Now, o...

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life. 　　They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens. 　　This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most ...

本部纪录片是BBC地平线系列推出的一档讲述人类的好朋友——狗狗的纪录片。人类和狗狗已经共同生活了一万两千多年，狗狗与人类的亲密程度远远胜过其他动物，它们就是我们日常生活的一部分。不过，除了这段共同度过的漫长岁月，我们对犬类朋友的真正了解又有多少呢？ 主持人达拉斯·坎贝尔一路翻查地平线系列档案，试图通过科学的方式找出我们是否应该改变我们对待他们的方式，用新思维和新方法来善待我们最好的朋友狗狗。从调查狗狗的原始狼性中，他发现人类对于犬类的演变起到了至关重要的影响。达拉斯探索着人类与犬类的紧密关系，以及我们该如何更好的利用和管理它们。 　　四十多年来，地平线节目和英国广播公司，一直致力于犬类本性的研究。

Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed. 　　Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about the future. He wants to worry less and become more of an optimist. 　　He tries out two techniques to change this aspect of his personality - with surprising results. 　　And he travels to the frontie...

爱丽斯·罗伯茨教授身怀着她的第二个孩子，她想在他出生之前探索“人之为人”这个问题。人类基因中有99%的部分是与黑猩猩相同的；然而从出生的那一刻起，人类的生活就完全不一样。所以，人类是否仅仅是一个普通的物种，抑或人类有特殊之处？ 　　爱丽斯教授探索了我们的身体结构、我们的基因、以及最终我们的大脑，试图发现什么终究造就了人类。