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Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa...

Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed...

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore...

Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June...

India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South...

Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror attack...

Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how...

Kimberly Przeszlowski, Quinnipiac University In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing...

Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict...

Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down....

Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counter claims...

Ashley S. Deeks, University of Virginia The details are disputed, but either way the result was the same: On...

Autonomous drones could speed up search and rescue after flash floods,...

Vijayan Asari, University of Dayton During hurricanes, flash flooding and other disasters, it can be extremely dangerous to send...

An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used...

Robin R. Murphy, Texas A&M University Texas A&M’s Robin Murphy has deployed robots at 29 disasters, including three building...

EXPLORING NATURE

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?