Get a robot! – Most households have a refrigerator and vacuum cleaner, and the lucky ones have a dishwasher and clothes washer too. So how to impress the neighbors? Get your own robot.
If you hate tidying up a messy room, assembling a bookshelf from a kit of parts, fetching a hairbrush for someone who can’t do it herself or loading and unloading the dishwasher, scientists recommend the cure: A robot could do all this for you (and more).
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Sometimes science is wrong, and one example of this are Frankenfish: In order to grow bigger salmon that can feed more people, a genetically-modified Atlantic salmon has been created that grows twice as fast as wild ones. Its genes have been artificially augmented with DNA taken from two other fish in order to give it more growth hormone.
Researcher Craig Altier says, “The fisheries of the world are being rapidly depleted and so advances in aquaculture will be needed to meet the growing demand for protein. Genetically engineered animals might help to feed the world, but they must first meet the most stringent requirements for human and environmental safety.
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UPDATE by a psychologist! – UPDATE–A reader writes: “Your article entitled ‘Dancing Tells All’ is wrong! I have found that women do not care about how a man dances, only that he does dance (to play along with the crowd, hence showing community participation). Anything beyond that, like ‘smooth moves & such,’ are poison to most women. Most are fearful of attracting attention.
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Bird droppings don’t just mess up your car, they can also give you a superbug (which is why you should avoid driving behind trucks carrying chickens).
If birds could talk, they’d tell you to beware of seagulls as well: Migratory seagulls carry antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria to Portuguese islands which are a protected wildlife habitat.
In humans, superbugs are caused by overexposure to antibiotics, but this isn’t how seagulls are getting them. Instead, they are eating human garbage and catching them from people (for a change).
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