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Drones could be used to herd rhinos away from poaching hotspots

16 July 2019

It’s costly to protect southern white rhinos from poachers, but a study suggests the vulnerable animals could be deterred from poaching hotspots using drones

This professor of future crime stops burglaries before they happen

10 July 2019

Criminologist Shane Johnson is not quite Tom Cruise in Minority Report, but he does predict where offences will occur and how best to stop them

How drones should avoid collisions with other craft

3 July 2019

Claire Burke on using thermal drone tech to protect orangutans

26 June 2019

Astro-ecologist Claire Burke uses her astrophysics knowledge to protect endangered species and stop poaching, and she loves to watch orangutans in Borneo

How Watch Dogs Legion and Cyberpunk 2077 probe our dystopian fears

19 June 2019

At last week’s games mecca, E3, titles like Watch Dogs Legion and Cyperpunk 2077 played on our uneasiness about tech, channelling the darkness of Netflix’s Black Mirror

Superweeds are on the brink of becoming resistant to all weedkillers

14 June 2019

The most damaging weed in the UK is evolving resistance to the powerful herbicide glyphosate - and many more superweeds are evolving worldwide

Inside the audacious mission to map every microbe in Australia

11 June 2019

Billions of viruses, bacteria, and other tiny organisms live in Australia. A bold project hopes to use DNA sequencing to identify all of them – can it be done?  

Thirsty koalas need bowls of water to survive increasingly hot climate

5 June 2019

Koalas were once thought to get all the hydration they needed from eucalyptus leaves, but artifical water stations might be necessary for their survival in a warming climate

Uncrewed deep-sea robots will help map the world’s oceans

31 May 2019

The Ocean Discovery XPrize has been awarded to an uncrewed vehicle capable of mapping 250 square kilometres of the sea floor within 24 hours

Koala conservation goes high-tech with virtual reality and drones

31 May 2019

An Australian project has demonstrated airborne thermal cameras and virtual reality could much more accurately pinpoint where koalas live, and improve conservation efforts