Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
22 November 2024
Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping facilities earlier than previously thought
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Found 514 results for drones
Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of warfare to Ukraine
2 October 2024
Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological arms race has given birth to a new way to wage war
Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests
23 September 2024
Field trials indicate that pumping seawater onto the snow on top of Arctic sea ice can make the ice thicker, offering a possible way to preserve sea ice throughout the summer
Why is the US military getting ready to launch new spy balloons?
30 August 2024
The US military has prioritised deploying high-altitude balloons that can carry out surveillance
Tiny solar-powered drones could stay in the air forever
17 July 2024
An aerial robot weighing 4 grams is powered by tiny solar panels that produce extremely high voltages – an approach that could enable drones to fly indefinitely
Planes are under attack from GPS jamming – can we find a fix?
15 July 2024
GPS jamming and spoofing has begun to affect transatlantic flights. Now the race is on to develop alternative ways of navigating
Russia is building ground-based kamikaze robots out of old hoverboards
12 July 2024
Hoverboards, or self-balancing scooters, are already used by hobbyists as a basis for robots, but now a group in Russia is putting them to use on the battlefields of Ukraine
Millions of UK homes scanned for energy leaks to help reach net zero
8 July 2024
Cars carrying sensors and scanners have been touring UK cities collecting data to help property owners plan carbon-cutting retrofit projects
Farmland near Chernobyl nuclear reactor is finally safe to use again
19 June 2024
Radiation surveys suggest that it is now safe to grow food on farmland that has been unused since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but changing its status would face local opposition in Ukraine
How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms
5 June 2024
Researchers trained a hawk outfitted with microphones to fly through a swarm of 600,000 bats, revealing how they can hear their own voice in a crowd
