Houseflies have specialised wings that make them harder to swat
13 January 2021
Some flies, including houseflies and blowflies, have specialised hindwings to help them take-off faster, making them trickier to catch
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Baboons that live together in tight-knit groups have similar ‘accents’
16 December 2020
Male Guinea baboons that live in gangs produce grunts that sound more like one another than those outside their group, similar to human accents
Chinstrap penguin population halved at key Antarctic breeding area
8 December 2020
The population of Chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island, a core breeding location off the coast of Antarctica, has declined by 57 per cent in the last 50 years
Military robots perform worse when humans won't stop interrupting them
4 December 2020
A US project has found that AI-controlled military robots perform worse when humans interrupt them – but letting the robots operate alone raises serious ethical questions
Hawk-inspired robot with movable wings is an agile long-distance flyer
28 October 2020
A robot with wings that move like a hawk’s can fly more stably and nimbly than other flying robots – and it uses less power, extending flight time
Robot swarms guided by human artists could paint colourful pictures
14 October 2020
Roboticists are developing small robot swarms that could be used to paint pictures under the guidance of human artists
A fleet of drones can be controlled by one person with a smartphone
30 September 2020
MultiFlyer lets one smartphone control a fleet of drones, which could be used for building inspections, crop surveys or search and rescue missions
Tiny algae can photosynthesise and grow in the dark beneath Arctic ice
25 September 2020
Microscopic marine algae can use even the smallest amount of reflected light to grow in near darkness during winter under the Arctic sea ice
AI thrashes human fighter pilot 5-0 in simulated F-16 dogfights
25 August 2020
In the first contest of its kind, artificial intelligence has taken on a trained US Air Force pilot in a simulation of air-to-air combat. The AI defeated the human with ease, winning 5-0
Flapping drone can fly, dart and hover like a bird
22 July 2020
A drone equipped with light, soft wings can mimic the flight of a bird. Its inventors say it is safer than drones with rotor blades and could be used to monitor delicate crops
