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Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
Technology
by  AFP

On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest. We would walk around in a circle, we would measure all the trees in a circle," explained Stephen Elliott, research director at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU).

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin headed back into space after accident
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin headed back into space after accident
Economy
by  AFP

The American company Blue Origin plans to launch its rocket Big Shepard Monday for the first time since an accident more than a year ago, as the firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos heads back into space. Blue Origin is competing in the space tourism market with Virgin Galactic, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson.