Bats soar to heights of 1600 metres by riding late night winds
4 February 2021
By fitting bats with GPS collars we have discovered that the nocturnal fliers seek out slopes where late night winds are swept upwards, carrying them high into the air
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Flying robots suggest bees can’t rely on instinct to land on flowers
1 February 2021
We thought bees relied on hardwired instinct to land, but a study involving flying robots suggests that bees may also need to learn about specific surface textures before they can touch down
Quantum internet signals beamed between drones a kilometre apart
15 January 2021
Entangled photons have been beamed between drones and to a ground station, creating technology that could form part of an unhackable quantum internet
Embryos from the last two northern white rhinos set to be implanted
14 January 2021
Fertilised eggs from northern white rhinos are set to be implanted in surrogates this year, with the hope of producing offspring
Houseflies have specialised wings that make them harder to swat
13 January 2021
Some flies, including houseflies and blowflies, have specialised hindwings to help them take-off faster, making them trickier to catch
Baboons that live together in tight-knit groups have similar ‘accents’
16 December 2020
Male Guinea baboons that live in gangs produce grunts that sound more like one another than those outside their group, similar to human accents
Chinstrap penguin population halved at key Antarctic breeding area
8 December 2020
The population of Chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island, a core breeding location off the coast of Antarctica, has declined by 57 per cent in the last 50 years
Military robots perform worse when humans won't stop interrupting them
4 December 2020
A US project has found that AI-controlled military robots perform worse when humans interrupt them – but letting the robots operate alone raises serious ethical questions
Hawk-inspired robot with movable wings is an agile long-distance flyer
28 October 2020
A robot with wings that move like a hawk’s can fly more stably and nimbly than other flying robots – and it uses less power, extending flight time
Robot swarms guided by human artists could paint colourful pictures
14 October 2020
Roboticists are developing small robot swarms that could be used to paint pictures under the guidance of human artists
