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A team of Department of Defense drone operators and experts test the technical capabilities of various Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) during a Defense Innovation Unit led prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS, which clears and validates flying platforms are safe to fly, cyber-secure, and meet DOD requirements, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, on Nov. 2-6, 2024. The Blue UAS Refresh Challenge included more than 35 platforms and companies, and an expert team of 40 military drone end-users with participation from each service branch and several major program offices in support of the Department???s ability to quickly scale and field commercially produced drone technologies for military and government use. (DOD photo by Devon Bistarkey, Defense Innovation Unit) https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2003592438/

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What to read this week: Katrina Manson’s terrifying Project Maven

It is scarily fascinating to read about the US military's journey into AI warfare in this deeply-researched book. But what happens next, asks Matthew Sparkes

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Maggie Aderin’s dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

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New 杏吧原创 recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Why are we so obsessed with protein? A new book looks for answers

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian – and it’s fab

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke

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New 杏吧原创 recommends real-world stealth game LANDER 23

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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new Children of Time novel is brilliant

The latest novel in this entirely original science-fiction series features a human-size mantis shrimp as an "uplifted" species. It's ambitious and fantastic, says sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson

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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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‘If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we鈥檇 take it every day’

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