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Meet the animal architects

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Robot dog learns to walk by stumbling, just like young animals in the wild

ROBOT DOG LEARNS TO WALK BY STUMBLING, JUST LIKE YOUNG ANIMALS IN THE WILD When this robot gets knocked down, it gets up again Morti, a robot dog, has taught itself to walk, just one hour after taking its first step. It learned just like animals in the wild: by tripping and stumbling until it […]

Gently does it

ESA’S ESTEC TEST CENTRE, THE NETHERLANDS At the largest satellite test facility in Europe, engineers have successfully unfolded this 11-metre, five-panel solar wing. It’s part of ESA’s EarthCARE (Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite mission, which aims to help us better understand how Earth’s atmosphere functions as a system, to give us more reliable climate […]

For those who like to rock

Think of a rock. It’s angular, grey and on the ground, right? Wrong. Rocks come in a staggering variety of shapes and colours, which help us decipher the stories of their geological lives. Here are just a few of the fantastic rock formations found on this planet…

Future cities

Green, friendly and clean: How we could reimagine urban life after the pandemic

The eyes have it

Two front-facing eyes works well for us but not for everything else. These animals have some bizarre and beautiful eyes that let them see the world in very different ways…