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Another take on the idea of a colour bar

11 April 2018

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

5 April 2018

Four Quindío wax palms in Colombia have changed sex from male to female, which was thought to be impossible for such plants

Biology's moonshot: The mission to decode the DNA of all life

4 April 2018

A new plan to sequence all Earth's animals and plants could lead to medical and material advances that dwarf even what the Human Genome Project has achieved

US wants first drones that can kill people truly independently

23 March 2018

Small drones that can automatically spot, identify and target vehicles and people are planned by the US military, although humans would still be overseeing them

AI drones are controlling self-driving diggers on building sites

14 March 2018

At thousands of sites around Japan, drones are learning to direct autonomous trucks from above – heralding a revolution in the construction industry

Swarms of cheap drones are attacking missile defences in Yemen

8 March 2018

Home-made drones are attacking the world’s most sophisticated defence systems. It’s not clear if the attacks have worked yet, but it’s a trend likely to continue

Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands

6 March 2018

Two massive colonies of Adélie penguins have been discovered on the Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica, bringing the global population to 8 million

The best way to take down a drone is with another drone

14 February 2018

Illegal or unwanted drones put air travellers at risk, so a competition called DroneClash is calling for new ways to tackle them

3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time

24 January 2018

By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air

Spy balloons flying 40km up track drug smugglers on the ground

24 January 2018

The US military are testing uncrewed balloons filled with helium that can keep watch over a small area by catching different winds in the stratosphere