Robot sand artist turns beach into giant canvas
Using your phone or tablet, send a drawing to this little bot created by Disney Research and watch it trace the lines in the sand by dragging a rake behind it
Hubble’s new view of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
One of the most famous pictures of the cosmos has received a high-def update thanks to a new camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
Just banking seeds won’t guarantee our future food
Climate change is the biggest challenge farming has ever faced – to survive it we need to learn much more about plants, warns agriculturalist Cary Fowler
Wind riders: Amazing albatross flight inspires drones
Albatrosses fly fast for huge distances, barely flapping a wing. Can they teach us to build drones that will stay aloft for months or even years?
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Books to look forward to in 2015
A sneak preview of what’s due to be published in the coming year suggests a promising crop
Map a room by shining a laser through the keyhole
An imaging technique that measures the path of a laser can build up a three-dimensional picture and could let spies map an entire room
