The five

The five: robots helping to tackle coronavirus

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Automatons have been chipping in with the effort to beat Covid, from disinfecting hospitals to delivering groceries

The five: robot farmers

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Will robots be the answer to labour shortages on farms? Our pick of the best planting, weeding and harvesting machines

Five developments in space, time and fusion

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Projects from gravitational wave detection to viewing the Milky Way and generating thermonuclear power march ahead

Autonomous car innovations: from jam busters to cures for queasiness

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Last week it was revealed that Apple operates 55 driverless cars. What else is coming down the self-driving road?

Space stations: our future among the stars

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Once the International Space Station is decommissioned in 2028, what will the next generation of orbital bases look like?