Why is the US military getting ready to launch new spy balloons?
30 August 2024
The US military has prioritised deploying high-altitude balloons that can carry out surveillance
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Found 314 results for drones
Planes are under attack from GPS jamming – can we find a fix?
15 July 2024
GPS jamming and spoofing has begun to affect transatlantic flights. Now the race is on to develop alternative ways of navigating
Russia is building ground-based kamikaze robots out of old hoverboards
12 July 2024
Hoverboards, or self-balancing scooters, are already used by hobbyists as a basis for robots, but now a group in Russia is putting them to use on the battlefields of Ukraine
Farmland near Chernobyl nuclear reactor is finally safe to use again
19 June 2024
Radiation surveys suggest that it is now safe to grow food on farmland that has been unused since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but changing its status would face local opposition in Ukraine
How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms
5 June 2024
Researchers trained a hawk outfitted with microphones to fly through a swarm of 600,000 bats, revealing how they can hear their own voice in a crowd
Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints
26 March 2024
A unique site in Brazil features rock carvings closely associated with dinosaur tracks, suggesting prehistoric people saw the footprints as meaningful
Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens
20 March 2024
A recent paper packed with delightful acronyms digs into where people report having seen UFOs, but finds no evidence of alien visitors, says Annalee Newitz
Flying drone can roll on the ground to save energy over long distances
20 March 2024
Researchers claim to have combined the benefits of rolling robots with those of flying drones by creating a device that rotates along the ground but hops over obstacles
Ukraine will spoof GPS across the country to stop Russian drones
2 February 2024
A nationwide electronic warfare system called Pokrova can disrupt satellite navigation – Ukraine may already be using it to prevent strikes by Russian drones and missiles, but doing so will also affect satnavs in the country
What does Ukraine’s million-drone army mean for the future of war?
19 January 2024
In 2024, Ukraine will have more drones than soldiers in its armed forces, and the aerial vehicles and the artificial intelligences that can control them are changing the way war is waged
