Science & technology | Armoured vehicles
Russian tanks in Ukraine are sprouting cages
But they seem to be pretty much useless
Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine crisis
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Magic armour?”
From the March 19th 2022 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Science & technology
How to reduce the risk of developing dementia
A healthy lifestyle can prevent or delay almost half of cases
GPT, Claude, Llama? How to tell which AI model is best
Beware model-makers marking their own homework
How America built an AI tool to predict Taliban attacks
“Raven Sentry” was a successful experiment in open-source intelligence
Gene-editing drugs are moving from lab to clinic at lightning speed
The promising treatments still face technical and economic hurdles, though
How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks
It is pioneering acoustic detection, with surprising success
The deep sea is home to “dark oxygen”
Nodules on the seabed, rather than photosynthesis, are the source of the gas