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Many flying creations don't even need a tail

23 March 2022

Drones and AI help find pebble-sized meteorite that landed in 2021

11 March 2022

Locating meteorites on Earth’s surface is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but using AI to analyse images captured by drones pinpointed a tiny space rock in just four days

Collision-dodging drones can navigate tight spaces without crashing

9 March 2022

Two teams of engineers have taken separate approaches to enable drones to carry out research or rescue operations with a reduced risk of crashing

Easter Islanders relied on freshwater springs under the sea to survive

4 March 2022

Surveys of Easter Island show that ancient settlements and the sites of the island’s famous giant statues are situated close to freshwater springs that are only accessible at low tide

Hybrid AI: A new way to make machine minds that really think like us

16 February 2022

In the quest to make artificial intelligence that can reason and apply knowledge flexibly, many researchers are focused on fresh insights from neuroscience. Should they be looking to psychology too?

Drones armed with a small microwave weapon can shoot down other drones

14 February 2022

A compact weapon that generates a beam of microwaves can knock out electronic devices without causing harm to people

Meet the amateur drone pilots defending Ukraine’s border with Russia

11 February 2022

As tensions rise in Ukraine with Russian troops arriving at the border in increasing numbers, a small army of amateur engineers is monitoring events using homemade drones equipped with sensors and old Soviet missiles

Giving drones barn owl-like tails may make them more efficient flyers

9 February 2022

The barn owl’s tail has a surprisingly important role to play in making the bird more aerodynamic

AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage

25 January 2022

An AI designed to detect bed sores in digital images has been used to identify wounded animals in camera trap footage, and can also detect poachers

Portable laser scanner creates colour 3D images of surfaces or objects

14 January 2022

Lidar uses lasers to create 3D images, but these can be hard to interpret because they are black and white. A new scanner adds cameras to make colour images that could be useful for infrastructure inspection or robot vision