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 514 results for drones
Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?
12 June 2025
Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack
Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
30 May 2025
Researchers have developed algorithms that reconstruct a hidden image from the scrambled light waves that bounce off a wall, making it possible to see things behind a corner
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
Will climate change lead to an industrial boom in the Arctic?
22 April 2025
The US and other nations are eager to exploit the Arctic’s mineral wealth, but despite the thawing of ice and permafrost, accessing buried treasure in the region remains extremely challenging
A floating laboratory will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter
21 April 2025
The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better monitoring of a rapidly changing environment
Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet
21 April 2025
Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and disrupt ocean currents, on top of the consequences for people and wildlife that rely on the ice
Quantum GPS can help planes navigate when regular GPS is jammed
18 April 2025
A quantum sensor using Earth's magnetic fields outperformed standard GPS backups in test flights. This technology could help commercial aircraft stay on course amid a rise in GPS jamming and spoofing attacks
Drones and sensors could help predict ocean current shutdown
15 April 2025
A massive research project will investigate the role of icebergs in driving melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a process that could trigger a catastrophic collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues
14 April 2025
Ice cores that record 1.2 million years of Earth’s atmosphere are on their way to Europe to be analysed, and an Australian drilling team is hoping to go even further back in time
