The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines
12 February 2019
The US Navy has a project that plans to use an autonomous submarine to launch a swarm of attack drones from underwater
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AI has helped rescue children trafficked for sexual exploitation
12 February 2019
Investigators are using artificial intelligence to locate children who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation
DNA test could boost IVF success rates without putting embryo at risk
12 February 2019
Analysing genetic material discarded by an embryo in a dish can reveal chromosomal abnormalities just as well as a more invasive biopsy
Green New Deal proposal includes free higher education and fair pay
12 February 2019
The Green New Deal is an ambitious plan to remake the US energy sector and fight climate change, but it’s bundled with progressive social goals that may stop it passing
Sailors spread the ancient fashion for monuments like Stonehenge
11 February 2019
Building ancient stone monuments, like Stonehenge, is a tradition that appears to have started in France and was then spread by Stone Age sailors
Huge global extinction risk for insects could be worse than we thought
11 February 2019
40 per cent of insects worldwide are in danger of going extinct, but almost all long-term data on insects is from Europe and North America. The global picture could be even worse
Tyrannosaurus rex might have accidentally helped fruit grow
8 February 2019
The king of the dinosaurs was a famed carnivore, but its diet of plant-eaters may have helped T. rex disperse fruit seeds over a wide area
Universal income study finds money for nothing won't make us work less
8 February 2019
The most robust trial of universal basic income yet shows that it boosts well-being and doesn't decrease employment, as some had feared
Beer before wine or wine before beer: the hangover is the same
8 February 2019
Forget folk wisdom — mixing drinks doesn't affect your hangover. Only the amount you consume appears to impact how you feel the following day
A painless pill containing tiny needles may one day replace injections
7 February 2019
Injections with insulin or other drugs could one day be replaced by pills that contain tiny needles that painlessly inject drugs into the lining of the stomach
