Orcas scrub each other clean with bits of kelp
23 June 2025
Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of tool use in marine animals
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Found 454 results for drones
Is this the first step to cyborg brains? How drones are reshaping warfare forever; New Vera Rubin observatory goes live
13 June 2025
Episode 307 Using new “ultrasoft” electronics, researchers at Harvard have effectively created tadpole cyborgs. A soft bioelectronic device has been implanted into their brains - one which grows with them as they develop into frogs. This neural implant...
Before the Great Wall, Chinese rulers built a shallow ditch
29 May 2025
A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons
Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks
15 January 2025
At his best, Iain M. Banks could be extraordinarily stylish, inventive and downright funny. So how does his genre-redefining science fiction stand up to the test of time? Emily H. Wilson rereads the greats
A New Year’s resolution nightmare and strange lights in the night sky
1 January 2025
The truth is out there – about all those broken promises to better yourself and the odd case of the US politician and the UFOs that never were
Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time
20 December 2024
We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula K. Le Guin, here are the results
What are the mystery drones flying over the US?
12 December 2024
Large drones have been spotted flying over the US for weeks, and state and federal officials say they still have no idea who is behind the flights
Flying robot leaps upwards and then takes to the air like a bird
4 December 2024
A bird-inspired robot called RAVEN can walk, hop and jump into flight, an ability that could help people develop fixed-wing drones that can take off and land anywhere
Weekly: Hope for the world’s coral; the first drone vs drone war
4 October 2024
Episode 270There may be hope for the survival of coral reefs, a vital part of the global underwater ecosystem that is under massive threat from climate change. At 1.5 C degrees of warming we’re at risk of losing 70-90 per cent of coral - and more than...
Weekly: Hope for the world’s coral; the first drone vs drone war
4 October 2024
Episode 270There may be hope for the survival of coral reefs, a vital part of the global underwater ecosystem that is under massive threat from climate change. At 1.5 C degrees of warming we’re at risk of losing 70-90 per cent of coral - and more than...
