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Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with greater speed and agility

6 December 2023

Most robots lack a flexible spine, so researchers created a 3D-printed mouse with the ability to bend its back and found that it could move faster

Drone delivers defibrillators for cardiac arrest faster than ambulance

22 November 2023

People who have gone into cardiac arrest can get treatment faster if a drone delivers a defibrillator, but there needs to be someone nearby trained in CPR, shows a trial in Sweden

The Amazon may contain thousands of undiscovered ancient structures

5 October 2023

Archaeological surveys have uncovered earthworks built by pre-Columbian societies across the Amazon, suggesting the rainforest isn't as pristine as we once thought

NASA’s UFO task force has released its final report – it’s not aliens

14 September 2023

An independent task force formed by NASA to look into unidentified anomalous phenomena found no evidence of alien craft, and suggests that if we want to find proof of visitors we need better data

AI news recap: While Hollywood strikes, is ChatGPT getting worse?

28 July 2023

There is anger over a Netflix AI job paying up to $900,000, coming as actors are still striking over the use of AI in film and TV.  In other AI news, problems with training data can cause glitches or make chatbots more racist

Scaring up scary ways to scare birds

26 July 2023

Feedback looks at a variety-show approach to let crops grow in noisy, blinding peace

Data will shift the dial in the clean river campaign

29 March 2023

Russian fighter jet collides with US military drone over the Black Sea

14 March 2023

The US operates drones in international airspace around Ukraine, and a Russian fighter jet has hit one – an MQ-9 Reaper drone – in an incident the US military is calling “unsafe and unprofessional”

Bark beetles use the smell of fungus to pick the best trees to infest

21 February 2023

Trees with fungal infections produce odours that attract bark beetles, which burrow into the bark and can devastate entire forests

Artificial seed casing made from wood buries itself when wet

15 February 2023

A seed carrier made from wood screws itself into the ground when exposed to water. It could be useful for projects to replant forests from the air using drones