Reports from around the world on what's new, what matters, and what s fascinating in science, technology and medicine.
Tonight, the on-board story of the first transatlantic balloon race will show high-technology ballooning in action and record the crucial decisions that will determine success.
Which altitude will give the fastest air current? When to fire the precious gas supply in the burners? And how to decide where to land.
And there's a report on the clinic that is developing techniques to solve problems of male infertility. In the last few years, new methods of in-vitro fertilisation have offered hope for many women who have difficulty in conceiving. Now, the first test-tube baby in Britain has been bom as a result of injecting sperm into the egg. Tomorrow's World looks at the research that's needed to make this a reliable method.
With Judith Hann , Howard
Stableford, Kate Bellingham and Carmen Pryce. Producer Martin Mortimore
Editor Dana Purvis
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