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Autonomous cars are the future, being a question of 'when' rather than 'if', given the levels of investment. It is probable that legislation will one day only allow for self-driving vehicles on the roads. We look at the latest developments.

The laser based technology LiDAR might be more commonly associated with the development of autonomous cars, but it has another application of interest to pathologists: finding unmarked graves.

LiDAR technology can serve a critical role in terms of obstacle detection and avoidance, allowing vehicles to navigate safely through environments. As autonomous cars become a pressing reality, this technology is leading the way forward.

Tesla engineers are examining the cameras and radar system in the Model S involved in the fatal crash of a man in Florida using the car's AutoPilot system in May this year.

Detroit - It is now the peak season for fish flies to hatch in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. Fish flies, Mayflies, or shadflies emerge from bodies of water to hover around lights, cling to walls, mate and then die, all within the scope of about two days.

Wellington - All commercial and civilian aircraft in New Zealand were temporarily grounded on Tuesday when a fault crippled the nation's air traffic control system, causing long delays and some cancellations.

Transport for London is to install special cyclist detection systems at traffic lights throughout the city in an effort to make cycling safer. Traffic lights will know how many cyclists are waiting and adjust timings so they have longer to get away in.

This may seem like the start of a riddle, but why don’t bats fly into each other? The answer lies in bats seemingly following some agreed rules of the air.

Vietnam suspended the naval search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 on Wednesday, though flights continued, Thanh Dien Daily said.

Perth - It’s the stuff of low-budget sci-fi films — a strange geometric shape off the coast of a continent sends scientists scrambling for explanations and usually ends in extra-terrestrials or a weather anomaly wiping out large cities.

A new study that will be out on Monday says that the brain has specific cells that fire off warnings when confronted by a snake.

Tehran - Iran has unveiled a new military jet, the Qaher-313, a domestically built fighter-bomber. The Iranian military claims that the jet is a stealth fighter than can evade radar.

MIT's Lincoln Laboratory researchers announced they developed a new radar technology that can "look" through concrete walls, a capability the scientists hope will soon help troops in urban combat, and be adapted for emergency responder use amid disasters.

In upstate New York, wind farms are interfering with the National Weather Service Doppler radars, making it difficult to interpret the data that they are seeing. The wind turbines spinning blades are creating false data that is misinterpreted as storms.

The French have asked the USA and the Pentagon to help in the search by using its observation satellites and other technical means to focus on the search area. Catastrophic systems failure is being considered as a factor in the accident. Updates below.

Debris dropped by hot-air balloons may give scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville data needed to improve tornado warnings. The payloads dropped were similar to the types of debris thrown into the air by tornados that touch the ground.

Scientists in Scotland and the US are working on a technology utilising echolocation, the navigational system of bats, to locate tumors deep inside bodies. If successful, this would add another dimension to the CAT scan.

Mars continues to give lessons to science with some thick, and recent, recent deposits of materials on the surface proving difficult to analyze. They absorb radar waves, so fancy calibration has been required to figure out what the material is.

A radar of corporate jets leaving the Sunday night Superbowl event in Miami, Florida.

Dennis Rader's Wichita home will be leveled and turned into a park access point for the neighborhood.

It's not quite X-ray vision, but this portable radar can penetrate walls to detect people moving on the other side.

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BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY (dpa) - The SAS airliner was already picking up speed on its flight to Copenhagen. Shortly before it lifted off from Milan's Linate airport, it crashed into a German jet, killing 118 people. There was thick fog on the ground, b...