Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
China Planned to Infect Bats with Coronavirus before Pandemic
Chinese virologists requested $ 14 million for experiments to create chimera viruses that can more easily infect humans.
Wuhan virologists intended to infect the population of bats with coronaviruses in order to vaccinate them against diseases that are potentially dangerous to humans. On Tuesday, September 21, reports The Telegraph.
Move over drones, driverless cars: Unmanned ship up next
It's not only drones and driverless cars that may become the norm someday - ocean-faring ships might also run without captains or crews.
The Pentagon on Monday showed off the world's largest unmanned surface vessel, a self-driving 132-foot ship able to travel up to 10,000 nautical miles on its own to hunt for stealthy submarines and underwater mines.