The bold plan to save a vital ocean current with giant parachutes
27 June 2025
Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moving – but some experts are sceptical
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Found 781 results for drones
Leonardo da Vinci's 'helicopter' design could make drones quieter
24 June 2025
A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone rotors to generate the same lift, and make less noise too
Orcas scrub each other clean with bits of kelp
23 June 2025
Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of tool use in marine animals
Is this the first step to cyborg brains? How drones are reshaping warfare forever; New Vera Rubin observatory goes live
13 June 2025
Episode 307 Using new “ultrasoft” electronics, researchers at Harvard have effectively created tadpole cyborgs. A soft bioelectronic device has been implanted into their brains - one which grows with them as they develop into frogs. This neural implant...
Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?
12 June 2025
Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb showed how small, cheap drones can be smuggled into a country and used against expensive military hardware. Now, there are concerns that nations like the US and UK aren't ready to defend against a similar attack
Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
30 May 2025
Researchers have developed algorithms that reconstruct a hidden image from the scrambled light waves that bounce off a wall, making it possible to see things behind a corner
Before the Great Wall, Chinese rulers built a shallow ditch
29 May 2025
A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons
Will climate change lead to an industrial boom in the Arctic?
22 April 2025
The US and other nations are eager to exploit the Arctic’s mineral wealth, but despite the thawing of ice and permafrost, accessing buried treasure in the region remains extremely challenging
A floating laboratory will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter
21 April 2025
The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better monitoring of a rapidly changing environment
Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet
21 April 2025
Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and disrupt ocean currents, on top of the consequences for people and wildlife that rely on the ice
