China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread
19 February 2020
QR codes, tracking apps and drones at toll booths are just some of the tech tools China is deploying to monitor the spread of the new coronavirus
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US military face recognition system could work from 1 kilometre away
15 February 2020
The US Special Operations Command is developing a portable face-recognition system designed to identify people 1 kilometre away. It could also be used by law enforcement
Koalas and apes have evolved similar ways of walking in trees
17 December 2019
On the ground, koalas run in a bounding motion with both hind legs hitting land at once. But in the trees, they move more like primates
The dark side of innovation: From dynamite to climate change
27 November 2019
Cultural evolution defines us as humans, but its products kill as people weaponise consumer tech and climate change threatens Earth, argue two new books
Delivery drones could land on public transport to extend their range
31 October 2019
By landing on the roofs of buses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages
All-seeing eyes: The epic plan to track almost everything on Earth
30 October 2019
Firms are racing to create a real-time database of every object on Earth larger than a car. It would help investors and conservationists, but could it be abused?
Tech giants, states or trolls: Who will control tomorrow's internet?
23 October 2019
Terrorists, trolls and hugely successful firms are threatening the internet’s “anything goes” ethos as countries clash over how to deal with them. Should we be worried?
Autonomous killer drones set to be used by Turkey in Syria
20 September 2019
Turkey is to become the first nation to use drones able to find, track and kill people without human intervention, when it deploys them in Syria in a few months
Guilt-free online shopping is possible if we reinvent home delivery
4 September 2019
The boom in online retail has left our streets clogged with polluting delivery vans. We navigate the high-tech solutions that will distribute your parcels without the damaging emissions
How killer bees evolved into chiller bees in just one decade
14 August 2019
While killer bees terrorised the US, in Puerto Rico, an extraordinary accident of evolution has transformed them into a beacon of hope against the threat of insectogeddon
