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Many flying creations don't even need a tail

23 March 2022

Giving drones barn owl-like tails may make them more efficient flyers

9 February 2022

The barn owl’s tail has a surprisingly important role to play in making the bird more aerodynamic

At your fingertips: The nail art that opens doors to the metaverse

5 January 2022

Why the inventor of a futuristic beauty product was banned from Instagram, plus affirming birds’ existence and falling toast, in Feedback’s weekly round-up

Wild Wild Life newsletter: The natural history of partridges and pears

22 December 2021

Which partridge would sit in a tree? And what happened to the world's tastiest pear? Plus how horses may be fooling archaeologists and a record-breaking millipede

Drone used in attack on US electrical grid last year, report reveals

5 November 2021

A US intelligence report has revealed that a drone was used in an attempt to disable an electrical substation in Pennsylvania last year, in the first known attack of its kind

US Army will test its most powerful laser weapon ever next year

29 October 2021

Lasers are currently used to shoot down small drones, but a more powerful weapon could take on larger targets

US military may get a dog-like robot armed with a sniper rifle

14 October 2021

A four-legged robot made by Ghost Robotics and outfitted with a sniper rifle and night-vision cameras was displayed at a meeting of the Association of the United States Army

Karmalink review: An intriguing mix of Buddhism and nanotech

15 September 2021

A young boy uses nanotechnology to decipher the clues in his dreams in Karmalink, an original sci-fi drama set in a near-future version of Cambodia

A New World Order review: A powerful sci-fi movie without dialogue

8 September 2021

A New World Order follows two people caught in a war against the machines. It has no dialogue and shows just how powerful silent films can be, says Simon Ings

Information and the future of defence

21 July 2021

Our future prosperity is intimately linked to the cyber environment and the forces that operate within it. We asked a panel of experts to assess the implications for the future of defence