
Overview
Professor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and every other star in the universe. Yet despite over five decades of effort, scientists have been unable to get even a single watt of fusion electricity onto the grid. Brian returns to Horizon to find out why. Granted extraordinary access to the biggest and most ambitious fusion experiments on the planet, Brian travels to the USA to see a high security fusion bomb testing facility in action and is given a tour of the world's most powerful laser. In South Korea, he clambers inside the reaction chamber of K-Star, the world's first super-cooled, super-conducting fusion reactor where the fate of future fusion research will be decided.
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46 - 1Why Are Thin People Not Fat? January 26, 2009
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46 - 2Cannabis: The Evil Weed? February 03, 2009
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46 - 3Why Do We Dream? February 10, 2009
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46 - 4Can We Make a Star on Earth? February 17, 2009
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46 - 5The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock February 24, 2009
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46 - 6What's the Problem with Nudity? March 03, 2009
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46 - 7How to Survive a Disaster March 10, 2009
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46 - 8Who Do You Want Your Child to Be? March 17, 2009
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46 - 9Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes? March 24, 2009
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46 - 10Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply March 31, 2009
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46 - 11How Violent Are You? May 12, 2009
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46 - 18How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? December 09, 2009