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130-Million-Year-Old Navigation Trick Could Transform Space and Drone Tech


An AI sensor accurately measures the orientation of the Milky Way. A new research study is drawing inspiration from an insect species that evolved 130 million years ago to enhance navigation systems in drones, robots, and orbiting satellites. The dung beetle is the first known species to use the

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