FIVE RECORDS AND MANY VEGGIE SLICES

On June 12th, a man managed to break more than five records in the Guinness World Records Book (the official book of records) at once. Canadian Wallace Wong, 33, holds 11 records in total. Some of the latest milestones he has achieved include: highest number of tomatoes cut in one minute (14); highest number of tomatoes cut in one minute while blindfolded (9); highest number of celery slices cut in 30 seconds (128 slices), and the highest number of celery slices cut while blindfolded (125). Wallace is a cook and makes videos for social media — that is where his skills in preparing vegetables come from.

SOURCES: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS AND UPI NEWS.

ROBOT WITH REAL SKIN

A study published on June 25th in the scientific journal Cell Reports Physical Science reports on yet another advance in robot development: the making of a kind of living skin created especially for robots. The skin tissue was made from collagen, fibrous proteins, and certain cells that make up human skin. This layer was made to fi t the face of the robotic structure and even smiles with its new pinkish face. According to the team that developed the skin, the technique will allow robots to express themselves, which would be a major innovation.

SOURCES: NPR, THE NEW YORK TIMES, CNN, AND CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

THE RIGHT TO RAISE (MANY) CHICKENS

Several residents of Des Moines, the capital of the state of Iowa, in the United States, took to the streets on August 1st to protest a recent restriction imposed by the city: residents are limited to raising a maximum of 12 chickens at home. During the demonstration, residents brought their roosters and hens to demand a change to the new law, which also seeks to ban the sounds emitted by these animals. Some of the signs read “chickens feed families”. After the protest, Des Moines representatives declared that they would revisit the rules.

SOURCES: AP NEWS AND ABC NEWS.

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