Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of warfare to Ukraine
2 October 2024
Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological arms race has given birth to a new way to wage war
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19 June 2024
Radiation surveys suggest that it is now safe to grow food on farmland that has been unused since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but changing its status would face local opposition in Ukraine
How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms
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Glasses coated in lithium could let us see in the dark
5 June 2024
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15 May 2024
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