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Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing
A lightweight drone with features mimicking the wings of bats is an agile flyer and could be used to monitor safety risks at construction sites
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Drones inspired by insects could keep flying even when damaged
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AI pilot helps US air force with tactics in simulated operations
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Speedy bat flies at 160km/h, smashing bird speed record
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Swifts break record by staying aloft for 10 months at a time
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Budgies reveal the rule that means birds never collide in flight
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Chemtrails conspiracy theory gets put to the ultimate test
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Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles
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Roller-coasting birds soar for months and may snooze while aloft
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Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs
Detailed amber fossils of wings from dinosaurs just 3.5 centimetres long suggest they flew like today鈥檚 birds. Such finds let us probe how flight evolved
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Is Larry Page right, are we poised for a flying car revolution?
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How can we keep aircraft safe from future drone strikes?
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Sea butterflies fly underwater just like insects do in the air
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Life
Venomous pseudoscorpions use huge pincers to hitchhike on bats
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