- Engineers have identified the key to flight patterns of the albatross, which can fly up to 500 miles a day with just occasional flaps of wings. Their findings may inform the design of wind-propelled drones and gliders. http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/135/20170496 1009 comments science
- Computing exponentially faster: implementing a non-deterministic universal Turing machine using DNA http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/128/20160990 10 comments programming
- Computing exponentially faster: implementing a non-deterministic universal Turing machine using DNA http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/128/20160990 3 comments technology
- DNA Computer design published, expected to be exponentially more powerful than Quantum computers http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/128/20160990 20 comments science
- The strongest natural material in the world is limpet teeth, not spider silk. http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/105/20141326 5 comments science
- Life as we know it: supposed proof that life is inevitable http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/86/20130475.short 8 comments science
- What do linguists think about this recent article: Massive Study Shows How Languages Change http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/101/20140841.full.pdf 6 comments linguistics
- An analysis of the lift generated by hummingbird wings found they were far more efficient than the mini helicopter blades on the most powerful micro-drone, the ProDynamics Black Hornet http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/99/20140585.full.pdf+html 7 comments science
- Study reveals clapping is a 'social contagion' which shows that it takes a few people to start clapping for applause to spread through a group, and then just one or two individuals to stop for it to die out. http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/85/20130466 9 comments science