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Are lasers the future of anti-drone warfare?

Repelling mass drone strikes is a hard and expensive task, but lasers might help.

Ukraine deploys low-cost drones to counter Russia's aerial attacks

Brazil’s soya moratorium slowed Amazon deforestation. Now it’s challenged

At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.

Aerial view of a forest fire in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil in September 2020.

Taiwan struggles to reconcile climate ambitions and chip manufacturing

The island’s semiconductor industry represents one-quarter of GDP but is a major source of carbon emissions.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co logo

Is nuclear power the key to space exploration?

Long a controversial energy source, nuclear has been facing a renaissance in space.

A nuclear power plant of RWE AG is seen In Lingen, Germany

Deep and dangerous: Is AI the future of ocean exploration?

The Titan implosion has cast focus on autonomous, unmanned submersibles as the way to uncovering the ocean’s secrets.

Big Question AI and deep sea exploration

Is the stratosphere up for a gold rush?

A new generation of companies wants to use large, uncrewed aircraft to beam down 5G signals and keep an eye on Earth.

View of the Earth from space, blue planet and deep black space

Will the Ukraine war ground the space industry?

Private and state investments in space may increase to reduce reliance on Russian supply chains.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA

Year ahead: Will space advertising take off in 2022?

Plans to advertise from space have been around for decades, but the latest proposals have met fierce criticism.

A key objection to space advertising proposals is that they will contribute to light pollution from space, a problem that is growing even without ads in orbit [File: Scott Kelly/NASA via AP]

NFTs had a breakthrough year – What’s next for them?

NFTs drove 2021’s most-hyped art sales but the tech underpinning them raises environmental and long-term value concerns.

Everydays: the First 5000 Days” from digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, sold for an eye-popping $69.3m at auction last year