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Handheld scanner divines how nutritious your food really is

20 September 2017

Climate change and soil degradation are depleting the nutrients in crops, but now a scanner can analyse grain to help farmers mitigate problems as it grows


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The new nuclear race: Why North Korea isn’t the real story

20 September 2017

The sabre-rattling between Pyongyang and Washington is masking a dangerous destabilisation in deterrence – making nuclear war by accident a real possibility


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It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

14 September 2017

The systems designed to stop potentially risky research being published and used to make weapons of terror have “multiple shortcomings”, warns US report


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Snow leopards aren't as rare as we thought – but aren’t safe yet

30 August 2017

Snow leopards could soon come off the "endangered" list, but while that looks like a win the move could make it harder to drum up support for protective measures


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Tesla boss leads 116 experts calling for UN ban on killer robots

23 August 2017

Robotics and AI specialists warn that autonomous drones, tanks and guns will become the "third revolution in warfare" after gunpowder and nuclear weapons


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Why aren't we testing whether planes can survive a drone crash?

22 August 2017

It is time to fire a drone into a jet engine to properly assess the safety threat they pose to airliners, says Paul Marks


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Inside the fighter jet of the future where AI is the pilot

21 August 2017

Next-gen planes won't have controls – or maybe even a cockpit. Timothy Revell got on board to find out whether pilots are getting the ejector seat


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You can drop the drones for counting penguins

16 August 2017


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A surveillance state is no fix for Brexit's Irish border issue

16 August 2017

The UK has called for "technology-based solutions" to manage the Irish border, but tracking the flow of goods and people could mean intrusive surveillance


Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon

Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon

10 August 2017

A hack that manipulated the location of 20 ships in the Black Sea may be the first use of GPS spoofing, a form of cyberwarfare capable of widespread disruption


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