Shorebird

The red knot (Calidris canutus), juvenile, near Gourinet, Brittany, France. Image credit: Stephan Sprinz / CC BY 4.0.

January 21, 2026

Shorebirds are widespread birds whose dependence on coastal and wetland environments makes them effective paleoenvironmental indicators. Wading shorebirds…

SScience

Chen et al. carried out two studies: the first, a human study assessing fingertip sensitivity to tactile cues from buried objects; the second, a robotic experiment using a tactile-equipped robotic arm and a Long Short-Term Memory model to detect object presence. Image credit: Gemini AI.

November 10, 2025

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