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Robot fashion contest coming up in Osaka, Japan

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The annual Robot Fashion Contest in Osaka, Japan is scheduled for November 24th.

It’s one robot competition that depends more on style and beauty than on technical merit or raw power. “Performance” takes on a totally different meaning.

Competitors are judged on esthetic factors, and the rules are fairly free and open. While there are the usual restrictions – like no extreme weapons, gunpowder, gasoline, and the like – the robots can use props, background … Read More → "Robot fashion contest coming up in Osaka, Japan"

Chimp wins $10,000 art prize

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The Humane Society of the United States held an art competition for chimpanzees. The winner was announced yesterday. Brent, a 37-year-old retired laboratory chimp who lives at Chimp Haven in Louisiana, won the top prize: $10,000 for his sanctuary!

A Chimp Haven spokeswoman said Brent was unavailable for comment Thursday. “I think he’s asleep,” Ashley Gordon said.
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Hospital hopes to make young patients’ experience less scary with a pirate CT scanner

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New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital has installed a new pirate-themed CT scanner that helps make the experience less scary for the hospital’s younger patients. “The parents have been really positive too. It makes it less scarier for the kids,” Pediatric Radiology chief Dr. Carrie Ruzal-Shapiro told BuzzFeed, “Our more adult patients ages 17 to 21 ask for the pirate scanner, too.”
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Monkeys use mosquito repellent, too

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[S]cientists working with capuchin monkeys in South America had often seen the monkeys grabbing certain types of millipedes, crushing them and then massaging the dead insects into their fur. Sometimes it was a social event—four or five monkeys would share the same millipede, rubbing it all over themselves and then passing it to a friend. Afterwards, they started drooling and their eyes sometimes glazed over. Maybe, some of the scientists speculated, the … Read More → "Monkeys use mosquito repellent, too"

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