Chinese develop remote-controlled pigeons
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A flying world first Chinese scientists have pulled off what they claim is a world first: controlling pigeons via brain-implanted "micro electrodes", Reuters reports.â¦
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While human chess masters now have silicon overlords, players of Go -- an ancient Chinese game of territory -- are still far ahead of the programmers. The computers are catching up, though, thanks to some tricky innovations. Brendan Borrell talks with computer scientist RÃ©mi Coulom.
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Some cockfighters might take their roosters south of the border. Others are likely to go underground.
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Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists claim.
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Scientists have grown a "brain" in a petri dish that can fly a simulated F-22 fighter airplane. It's all part of a quest to build "living" computers.
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Scientists have published a detailed analysis of the chicken genome, the biochemical &quot;code&quot; in the bird&#39;s cells that makes the animal what it is.
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TWITCHERS should book their plane tickets as soon as possible. Wildlife experts yesterday claimed to have discovered a new species of bird in the Philippines. But they immediately warned that the flightless Calayan rail could be driven to extinction by ...
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Birds are not stupid and their brains are not primitive so it is about time the scientific world gave them full credit, experts said on Monday.
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SHENZHEN, China -- From a fortress-like corporate campus in this southern city, retired army officer Ren Zhengfei is building one of China's most successful experiments in capitalism. A mammoth operation with 70,000 employees and strong backing from the state, Huawei Technologies brags that its goal...
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A Texas company is considering letting web users use a remote-controlled rifle to shoot down deer, antelope and wild pigs. For a small fee users will take control of a camera and rifle that they can use to
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Scientist have always wondered how pigeons manage to be such good navigators and have a &#39;nose for the north&#39; and now a new study has suggested that it is because they have small magnetic particles in their beaks, which helps them detect different magnetic
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Frank M. Davis and other experts have developed an entire technology to breed large numbers of insects for a variety of exotic jobs.
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Homing pigeons may use a magnetic "map" inside their beaks to navigate, according to new research.
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Giant pandas may well prefer bamboo to laptops, but wireless technology is helping researchers in China in their efforts to protect the engandered animals living in the remote Wolong Nature Reserve.
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Cartoon character Garfield has set the cat among the pigeons in China with a copyright infringement case, the China Daily said Saturday.
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Tech-savvy giant pandas can now pick up their email or browse the web to find a perfect panda partner thanks to the deployment of a campus-wide broadband and wireless network in China&#39;s Wolong Nature Reserve.
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Chinese scientists have developed a new vaccine to prevent the spread of bird flu, according to state media.