Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages.

On October 10, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound, opening up a new era in aviation. The test pilots who made history recall one of the great challenges of aviation.