Horizon2007-2008Episodes Episode guide

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1. Where's My Robot?

   Danny Wallace searches for a robot that can walk and talk like him.
2. How Does Your Memory Work?

   How does the human memory work? Some case studies are helping scientists to understand.
3. How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?

   A cadaver can be sold for as much as $250,000 to medical science, creating an industry.
4. Are We Alone in the Universe?

   The discovery of a world which may have habitats capable of supporting life.
5. How to Live to be 101

   Scientists ask why people live so long on the Japanese island Okinawa.
6. How to Make Better Decisions

   Is decision making as rational as we imagine?
7. Is Alcohol Worse Than Ecstasy?

   Science series. Is alcohol Britain's most dangerous drug? A two year study gives results.
8. What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?

   Dr Brian Cox believes that the answer to the meaning of the universe lies in gravity.
9. Total Isolation

   Six people are subjected to a world without sensory stimulation.
10. How to Kill a Human Being

    Michael Portillo investigates the science of execution.

11. Everest: Doctors in the Death Zone

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    Two-part special following an extraordinary team of climbing doctors.

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12. Professor Regan's Supermarket Secrets

    Probiotic, superfood, organic - what do all these labels on food mean?
13. How to Commit the Perfect Murder

    Horizon explores whether it is possible to commit a perfect murder.
14. The Six Billion Dollar Experiment

    Examining the scientific instrument that could result in a theory of everything.