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US start-up is testing drones in India to enforce social distancing

11 May 2020

Police are using surveillance drones to enforce social distancing rules worldwide during the covid-19 pandemic, raising concerns about privacy violations

Whale sharks can live for at least 50 years – and probably longer

6 April 2020

The age of a whale shark can be determined by dating the rings of growth in their cartilage, a method that has confirmed that these animals can live for at least 50 years

Editor's pick - Face recognition's faults will bring death from afar (1)

11 March 2020

Mysterious drone swarms flying at night are baffling US authorities

16 January 2020

Swarms of drones have been seen flying over Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming in the past few weeks, but no one has claimed responsibility

Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns

12 December 2019

Many countries and groups already use military drones, but Turkey is about to be the first to have a military drone armed with a machine gun

Your important package has been in a bit of a scrape

11 December 2019

Use and prefiguration of a steered aerial bathyscaphe (2)

20 November 2019

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

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