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Wind riders: Amazing albatross flight inspires drones

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Wind riders: Amazing albatross flight inspires drones

Albatrosses fly fast for huge distances, barely flapping a wing. Can they teach us to build drones that will stay aloft for months or even years?

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Flying high: Drones keep tabs on wildlife from above

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Flying high: Drones keep tabs on wildlife from above

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Polite drones do awkward dance to avoid crashing

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Polite drones do awkward dance to avoid crashing

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Ring of confusion

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Ring of confusion

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Drones do awkward dance to avoid crashing

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Drones do awkward dance to avoid crashing

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Contact lenses with built-in video could be 3D printed

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Contact lenses with built-in video could be 3D printed

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Bio-drone simply melts away when it crashes

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Bio-drone simply melts away when it crashes

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Flying blind

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Personal helicopter will be as easy to drive as a car

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Personal helicopter will be as easy to drive as a car

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Up with the thunderclouds above the Amazon rainforest

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Up with the thunderclouds above the Amazon rainforest

A tricked-out Gulfstream jet called HALO tackled 100 °C temperature swings and forest fire smoke to penetrate the storm clouds above Brazil

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Air-chaeological drones search for ancient treasures

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US opens 'drone zones' for a year of pioneer testing

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How many motors can NASA cram on its fryer-oil flier?

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What it's like to fly passenger planes from the ground

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