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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

Use and prefiguration of a steered aerial bathyscaphe (2)

20 November 2019

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?

David Attenborough’s life lesson to kids: Live life, just don’t waste

25 October 2019

Seven Worlds, One Planet, David Attenborough’s stunning celebration of Earth’s biodiversity, prepares a new generation to save a beautiful world

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?

AI could help work out how many people are in large crowds

21 October 2019

How many people really attend gatherings or protests, such as the recent Brexit march? Artificial intelligence may be able to figure it out

Humpback whales use their flippers to swat salmon into their mouths

15 October 2019

Humpback whales use their flippers to create a barrier that traps gathered prey, which they can then usher towards their mouths by swatting the water

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

Drone equipped with nail gun can fix the roof so you don't have to

20 September 2019

A drone equipped with a nail gun can autonomously hover over a roof and fix tiles in place. Tests showed it was highly precise and held steady while firing