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rhinos

Drones could be used to herd rhinos away from poaching hotspots

16 July 2019

It’s costly to protect southern white rhinos from poachers, but a study suggests the vulnerable animals could be deterred from poaching hotspots using drones


crop spraying

Superweeds are on the brink of becoming resistant to all weedkillers

14 June 2019

The most damaging weed in the UK is evolving resistance to the powerful herbicide glyphosate - and many more superweeds are evolving worldwide


Inside the audacious mission to map every microbe in Australia

Inside the audacious mission to map every microbe in Australia

11 June 2019

Billions of viruses, bacteria, and other tiny organisms live in Australia. A bold project hopes to use DNA sequencing to identify all of them – can it be done?  


Koala drinking

Thirsty koalas need bowls of water to survive increasingly hot climate

5 June 2019

Koalas were once thought to get all the hydration they needed from eucalyptus leaves, but artifical water stations might be necessary for their survival in a warming climate


SeaKIT vessel

Uncrewed deep-sea robots will help map the world’s oceans

31 May 2019

The Ocean Discovery XPrize has been awarded to an uncrewed vehicle capable of mapping 250 square kilometres of the sea floor within 24 hours


A koala

Koala conservation goes high-tech with virtual reality and drones

31 May 2019

An Australian project has demonstrated airborne thermal cameras and virtual reality could much more accurately pinpoint where koalas live, and improve conservation efforts


terminator

Forget rampant killer robots: AI’s real danger is far more insidious

29 May 2019

AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us


A green monkey

Monkeys use their 'eagle' call to warn each other about drones

27 May 2019

Monkeys in Senegal have learned to adapt to drones flying over their habitat. They use a similar call to when they spot an eagle to alert others


Drone in the sky

Drones flown straight at aircraft to test collision avoidance tech

24 May 2019

A start-up has tested its collision avoidance system by flying drones straight at planes and helicopters over 7000 times —  so far there haven't been any crashes


electric scooters

How hacked rental e-scooters could be the future of street crime

1 May 2019

As we travel in autonomous cars or on electronic scooters, a trick involving a bit of malicious code may put our computer networks at risk, warns Annalee Newitz


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