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
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AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage
25 January 2022
An AI designed to detect bed sores in digital images has been used to identify wounded animals in camera trap footage, and can also detect poachers
Portable laser scanner creates colour 3D images of surfaces or objects
14 January 2022
Lidar uses lasers to create 3D images, but these can be hard to interpret because they are black and white. A new scanner adds cameras to make colour images that could be useful for infrastructure inspection or robot vision
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
Methane is much worse than CO2 – here’s what we should do about it
1 December 2021
Methane is an underappreciated but potent greenhouse gas. How we deal with it will have a massive impact on averting the worst consequences of climate change
Robots can use their own whirring to echolocate and avoid collisions
18 November 2021
Instead of using sophisticated sensors to detect their surroundings and navigate safely, drones and robots could listen for reflections of their own mechanical noises
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
Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary you will
3 November 2021
An ambitious directory of elephant behaviours and vocalisations offers amazing insights into their minds and culture – and could help save these magnificent beasts from extinction
EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
29 October 2021
The European Maritime Safety Agency has contracted drone company Tekever to use uncrewed aircraft for search-and-rescue missions
