Archive 2005
The Ghost in Your Genes
The scientists who believe your genes are shaped in part by your ancestors' life experiences.
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
What makes someone want to blow themselves, and others, up?
Titan. A Place Like Home?
Over a billion kilometres away, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, holds tantalising clues to how life began here on Earth.
Madagascar – A Treetop Odyssey
How a giant inflatable raft and a habitable metal tree house could save the rainforest of Madagascar.
Can Fish Make My Child Smart?
Scientists once got sacked for suggesting oily fish was good for you. Now all and sundry are hailing it as a panacea.
The Doctor Who Makes People Walk Again?
Are Dr Huang's methods too much too soon?
The Mystery of the Human Hobbit
Is the hobbit a new human species or nothing more than a modern human with a crippling deformity?
The Hawking Paradox
Has Stephen Hawking been wrong for the last 30 years?
Tsunami: Naming the Dead
How the biggest international forensic operation in history identified the victims of the most devastating natural disaster of recent times.
Malaria: Defeating the Curse
How science is tackling malaria.
Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?
The latest scientific evidence.
The Next Megaquake
A huge megathrust earthquake and tsunami, just like the one that occurred on Boxing Day, will one day hit America.
The Lost Civilisation of Peru
The rise and fall of the 'Greeks of the Andes'.
Who's Afraid of Designer Babies?
Without genetic technology Ruiaridh would not have been born, but does that make him a 'designer baby'?
An Experiment to Save the World
Has this man created nuclear fusion? Horizon investigates...
Neanderthal
Their bodies were well equipped to cope with the Ice Age, so why did the Neanderthals die out when it ended?
Living with ADHD
Mood swings, forgetfulness, endless energy – Charlotte Fisher on living with adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Einstein's Equation of Life and Death
The story of Einstein's most famous equation E=mc² – its role in the creation of the atom bomb and our understanding of the beginnings of the Universe.
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
The unpredictable results of the Theory of Relativity.
Global Dimming
Horizon producer David Sington on why predictions about the Earth's climate will need to be re-examined.
