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A guy spotted a delivery robot ‘lost in the woods,’ but we posit that it was just trying to ‘find itself’

May 25, 2022

At the start of the 19th century, poet William Wordsworth went for a stroll in England’s Lake District, saw some golden daffodils, and had a quasi-spiritual experience of self-discovery in nature. Almost 220 years later, a delivery robot  has done the same, reports BuzzFeed News.

Matthew McCormack, a history professor at the University of Northampton in England, was riding his bicycle on Sunday morning, May 15; when he crossed through Lings Wood Nature Reserve, a quiet and leafy spot in the city’s northeast.

But he wasn’t alone.

Also enjoying the scenery was a white self-driving delivery robot, its lights flashing and its antenna in the air as it slowly made its way down the dusty path under the canopy of trees.

The juxtaposition stopped McCormack in his tracks.

There, in this quiet corner of England, it was just McCormack and a futuristic delivery robot worth thousands of dollars—alone together for one brief moment, enjoying the blissful sounds of nature.

“It’s kind of a bit sci-fi, you know?” McCormack told BuzzFeed News. “It was like kind of R2-D2 or something just wandering along.”

McCormack found the moment so quirky he snapped a photo and posted it to his Twitter account, where he normally shares thoughts on 18th-century history.

Well, the robot took off, so to speak.

His tweet has since been retweeted more than 18,000 times and garnered more than 220,000 favorites.

McCormack said the replies he’s seen have been overwhelmingly positive, with people captivated by the little robot’s journey.

“The reaction to it has been uniformly sweet,” he said. “Everyone’s saying, ‘Oh, you know, Pixar should make a film,’ or that it’s kind of like WALL-E or something,” said McCormack, referring to the robot hero of the 2008 film who was able to find beauty—and love—in a troubled world.

Indeed, the little robot’s journey seems to have captivated people around the world.

“People are really kind of empathizing with this robot,” McCormack said, “and saying that it’s making a bid for freedom or something like that.”

But, as the saying goes, not all robots who wander are lost. McCormack admitted he had taken a bit of artistic license by referring to the robot as being “lost in the woods.”

Indeed, the nature reserve is surrounded by houses. McCormack suspects the robot was just taking a scenic shortcut to finish a delivery

Since November 2020, robots belonging to the company Starship Technologies have been in Northampton, where they make grocery deliveries for the Co-op chain of supermarkets.

Indeed, Henry Harris-Burland, vice president of marketing for Starship, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the robot was simply going about its job.

“We appreciate everyone’s concern about our delivery robots, but this robot isn’t lost, it’s on a delivery to a customer,” Harris-Burland said in an email. “Our robots can traverse a variety of terrain and take the safest and most efficient route possible on every one of the 10,000–15,000 autonomous deliveries they complete daily. In this case, that route happened to be a paved path through a wooded area in Northampton, UK.”

Proof positive, as Starship Technologies responded to McCormack’s tweet, that every day can be an adventure.

Research contact: @BuzzFeedNews

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Above, Governor Ron DeSantis (center, in blue suit) poses with a Burmese python after announcing registration has opened for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge. (Photo source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

Snakes in the grass: Florida python hunt attracts 800 competitors, seeking thousands in prize money

August 9, 2022

So far, more than 800 competitors have signed on for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge in  the Florida Everglades, which began on Friday, August 5 and will continue through 5 p.m. (EDT) on August 15. The entrants are in search of invasive Burmese pythons, which they hope will bring them thousands of dollars in prize money, reports Fox News.

According to the National Park Service, Burmese pythons now are established in the park, due to accidental or intentional release of captive pet animals. Pythons eat many different kinds of animals, and studies show that pythons are probably the main reason that mammals have declined very sharply in number in Everglades National Park.

Even though pythons are large snakes, their coloring and behavior allow them to blend into the environment. Since they are so hard to find in the wild, estimating the number that reside in the park is nearly impossible. A female python can lay as many as 100 eggs a year.A

“This is significant because every python removed is one less invasive species preying on our native birds, mammals, and reptiles,” Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis told the Associated Press.

Since 2000, when the event began, more than 17,000 pythons have been removed from the Everglades ecosystem, according to a news release.

Cash prizes of up to $2,500 are available in both the professional and novice categories for those who remove the most pythons, officials said. There are additional prizes for the longest python in each category. Each python must be dead, with hunters facing disqualification if they kill them inhumanely or kill a native snake.

So far, the registered hunters represent 32 states and Canada. Registrations are being accepted throughout the competition. It costs $25 to register and participants also must  complete an online training course.

Research contact: @FoxNews

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Above, Arkansas-based crochet artist Emily Beaver's father, Jeff Beaver, has been wowing the Internet by modeling her tops. (Photo source: Emily Beaver)

Dad wows the Internet by modeling his daughter’s crochet crop tops

August 8, 2022

This dad loves to model his daughter’s crochet designs—from cool crop tops to beautiful bucket hats. But he’s not just any dad. He’s Jeff Beaver of Arkansas, reports ABC News.

Across several social media platforms—including  Instagram,  TikTok  and more—the dedicated dad can be seen dancing, twirling, laughing, and posing in looks from the LoveBeav product line.

Emily has been crocheting since 2015, but started noticing her business really take off during the summer of 2021, thanks to social media. When she began scouting her parents to model her designs, the business saw an immediate upswwing.

“My dad has never been afraid to look silly, especially if he’s having fun doing it, so there was never any hesitation on his part,” Emily told ABC’s morning show, Good Morning America. “The most important thing for me and my parents is that we are spending quality time laughing and enjoying what we are doing.”

“We could care less what other people think about how silly it might look,” she added.

After noticing how well a video performed that featured her mother, Amy Beaver, wearing one of her crochet designs, Emily thought, “Why not try including Dad, as well?”

“The Internet totally ate it up and every time I included my parents, I knew that there was something special about the concept of a family wearing crochet tops together,” Emily said.

Since making the decision to include her parents in content creation, Emily’s business has continued to grow at a rapid rate and she has seen a large increase in followers.

The 28-year-old crochet artist and content creator was able to quit her previous day job to solely focus on art and content creation full-time because of the increase in engagement and sales.

“I went from barely any sales at all, to usually selling out my entire restock each month,” Emily said. “The biggest win for me, however, has been the opportunities I’ve had to partner with some of my favorite brands, like Michael’s Craft Store. I’ve been shopping at Michael’s since I started crocheting, so to be able to partner with them and create videos for them has been an absolute dream.”

When it comes to the Beaver family’s newfound Internet fame, Emily said they are all “loving it,” adding, “I’m still not sure we have even processed it completely.”

Emily recalls attending the Electric Forest Festival and finding it absolutely mind-blowing how many fans they met. “We were getting asked for pictures about every five feet. It has been such an awesome experience to do this together, and we are looking forward to seeing where this leads.”

From cool crop tops to beautiful bucket hats, all of Emily’s crochet designs can be found on her company’s website. However, social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and  Facebook are the best way to find her and her family’s latest viral moments.

Research contact: @ABC

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Above, a stray dog finds true love at a wedding. (Photo source: Tamiris Muzini)

Stray dog crashes couple’s wedding—and becomes part of their new family

August 5, 2022

Douglas Robert and Tamíris Muzini were ready for their big day, when they would commit to spending happily ever after together—but Tamíris didn’t know there was someone else, reports Good News Network.

As the bride arrived at the church, she noticed a “wedding crasher” in attendance—a stray blonde dog that was mingling gently with guests.

Not putting paw nor tail out of place, the ceremony eventually commenced with the dog sitting down by the doorway to watch, as if he knew what was happening. After the “I do’s” were done, the beautiful couple made for the exit. That’s when the dog suddenly became excited.

“When he greeted us at the end, he asked: ‘Take me home. Take me,’” Muzini  told The Dodo.

They decided in that very moment to make their happily ever after fit for three—adopting and naming the scrawny pooch Braiá Caramelo.

Scars abound, suggesting that his road to the door of the church that fateful day had not been an easy one—but that’s all behind him now. “He’s so loving. Despite everything he’s been through, he still believes in the goodness of people,” Muzini added. “He gives us hope.”

Instagram posts suggest the three are doing very well, settling into a new lifetime together in stride.

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Above, Red Savannah’s White Wedding in a White Desert experience is now available to book for the upcoming season. (Photo source: Kelvin Trautman/Red Savannah)

A ‘whiteout’ wedding: Antarctica nuptials are officially the coolest RSVP this year

August 4, 2022

This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, destination wedding: For couples who are really looking to up the ante, bespoke luxury travel company Red Savannah just announced a new $250,000 wedding package in Antarctica that’s easily the coolest RSVP this year, reports Forbes.

Invitation and event details are as follows:

Wedding parties of up to 12-guests are invited to fly out of Cape Town, South Africa and make five-hour flight over the Southern Ocean landing on Wolf’s Fang runway in Antarctica where they’re cordially invited to celebrate with a “White Wedding in a White Desert” party upon arrival.

The icy fête will begin with a celebratory wedding breakfast on ice and go on to include a cake-cutting ceremony and champagne in the snow lounge.

Guests who opt to spend more than one day on the continent are invited to stay at Echo, a brand-new Polar camp comprising six state-of-the-art pods with a futuristic floor-to-ceiling window design overlooking a vast expanse of snow and ice fields.

Each pod contains a central communal space and dining area where South African cuisine will be paired with award-winning wines. Couples who want to unwind after saying their “I-Dos,” may like the option to extend at Whichaway Camp, which includes a wellness space and sauna pod on the shores of the freshwater lake of the Schirmacher Oasis.

While all of the activities throughout the experience can be customized, optional activities range from a visit to see a colony of 28,000 emperor penguin’s to ice and mountain climbing, Arctic Truck safaris, Skidoo tours and a trip to the South Pole for a special champagne picnic.

Prices start at $250,000 and include return flights and transfers from Cape Town to Antarctica, accommodations, food, beverages, and activities. Guests don’t have to worry about buying the couple a gift, as $1,000 per-person will be pledged for conservation and sustainability initiatives that go to Antarctica.

Research contact: @Forbes

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Above, a diving position that is not recommended. (Photo source: Leisure Dive)

Splashdown: What’s’ the safest way to dive into a swimming pool?

August 3, 2022

Depending on the form and technique, diving into a swimming pool can either be poetry in motion or the aquatic equivalent of a car wreck. Now, scientists at Cornell University have used biomechanics to come up with a formula for safe diving, reports Study Finds.

After measuring the impact of head-first, hand-first, and feet-first diving, study authors put together a model for measuring the impact of different shapes as they plunge into a body of water.

For a novice, untrained diver, researchers say spinal cord and neck injuries are more likely to occur during a head-first dive of more than 26 feet. Meanwhile, collarbone injuries are more likely during a hand-first dive of roughly 40 feet, and knee injuries are likely when diving feet-first from more than 49 feet away from the water.

“Water is 1,000 times denser than air, so you are moving from a very dilute medium to a very dense medium, and you’re going to experience a huge impact,” says senior study author Sunghwan Jung, professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in a media release.

“Humans can choose how they dive, so we wanted to look at the effect of the  position of diving. We also wanted to come up with a more universal or general theory of how objects or different shape fronts dive into water, so we looked at the diving fronts of both humans in different postures and animals and measured the forces of impact of the different shapes.”

Study authors used a series of 3D-printed models depicting a near-life-sized human head and torso, torso and head with arms outstretched, and feet while diving. They also used models of a harbor porpoise head, a Northern gannet beak, and a basilisk lizard foot to conduct this research. The models allowed the research team to analyze the impact of curved, pointy, and flat shapes, respectively, on a body of water’s surface.

While throwing each model into water, scientists measured the forces acting on them and how they distributed over time. This approach facilitated the development of a theoretical model capable of describing the increase in force on the various shapes, and how those forces increased with the height of the dive.

Next, researchers plotted the maximum height and force impact human muscles, ligaments, and bones can withstand during a dive—calculating the probability of various injuries (collarbone, spine, and knee) at different heights and in different diving positions.

“In human biomechanics, there is a huge literature on the falling injury, especially in the elderly, and the sports injury, like concussions, but I don’t know of any other work on diving injuries,” Professor Jung explains.

Study authors hope their work helps people make safer diving choices. For example, a feet-first dive is safer from a higher perch.

Additionally, this project highlights how well-adapted certain plunge-diving animals are to withstanding and minimizing the impact of a dive. For instance, northern gannets have shallower beak angles. This unique feature helps them dive into water at up to 79 feet per second. Meanwhile, dolphins have shortened, fused cervical vertebrae, which support their head as they porpoise.

“As engineers, we are very good at making the airplane fly in the air. We are good at making a submarine move in the water, but crossing the interface, as you see in the animal world, is no easy task, and is something engineers are interested in—having a drone go from water to air or air to water, for example,” Professor Jung concludes. “So maybe this study can shed light on the new engineering design in the future that would allow systems to do this. For us, we try to understand the fundamental mechanics.”

The study is published in the journal, Science Advances.

 Research contact: @StudyFinds

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Above, the Mona Lisa (left) and Taneko Kaneko, rendered in Japanese rice fields. (Photo source: Inakadate Village/My Modern Met.)

Japanese village of Inakadate is famous for its rice paddy art

August 2, 2022

Every year since 1993, the Japanese village of Inakadate transforms its fields into living works of art. Tapping into its history as a farming area, the farmers create incredible rice paddy art by planting seven different varieties of rice in intricate designs. This summer’s project depicts two famous female portraits from western and eastern art history, reports My Modern Met.

On one side is the iconic  Mona Lisa  by Renaissance master  Leonardo da Vinci ; and on the other is Japanese 19th and 20th-century artist Seiki Kuroda‘s painting,  Lakeside, which features a portrait of his wife Taneko Kaneko.

Both of these figures are rendered by planting seven different types of rice that, when in full bloom, help produce the necessary amount of contrast to imitate the colors and depth of the real works of art.

Due to the scale of rice paddy art, it requires a fair amount of planning to execute it properly. Former high school teacher Atsushi Yamamoto has been responsible for all of the complex designs in Inakadate. To create them, he uses a computer to translate the color schemes of the original image into something reproducible with just seven colors of farm field rice.

This year’s rice paddy art can be viewed from mid-June until early October. You can follow Inakadate Village on Facebook to see more photos of rice paddy art. They also have a page set up on their website that shares the natural changes in color of the crops—with a picture each day through the end of October.

Research contact: @mymodernmet

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Above, an illustration of the Lochness Monster. (Image source: BGR)

Researchers: Loch Ness monster could exist, based on fossil discovery in Morocco, of all places

August 1, 2022

Whether you have always believed that the Loch Ness monster exists, or are sure it is a hoax, new evidence could shed some additional light on the matter, reports BGR.

Researchers at the University of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, have discovered small plesiosaurus fossils in a fresh water in a river system in modern-day Morocco.

Above, the skeletized fossil. (Image source: dewessa/Adobe)

As a result, some have classified the Loch Ness monster’s existence as “plausible.”

The plesiosaurus lived from during the Jurassic Period (201.3 million to 145 million years ago), breathed air, and was twice as long as a horse. But, until now, finding a plesiosaur in a river simply wasn’t plausible. This marine reptile, while similar to the descriptions given of Nessie, was thought to need a saltwater environment to survive—and the Loch Ness in Scotland is fresh water.

However, these new fossils suggest the Loch Ness monsters could have existed (or might still exist) because they were found in a freshwater river.

The researchers from the University of Portsmouth published a paper on the findings in the journal,  Cretaceous Research. The paper suggests that plesiosaurs adapted to tolerate freshwater and possibly even spent their lives in it. This would make them similar to the river dolphins we know today.

The fossils they discovered include bones and teeth from three-meter-long (about ten-feet-long) adults. The bones hint at the plesiosaur living and feeding in freshwater routinely.

Because of this adaptation, the scientists say it’s possible the Loch Ness monster did exist. However, it still wouldn’t have been exactly what the myths have made it out to be.

Research contact: @BGR

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Above, 'Summer is ours too' is the theme of the new campaign. Photo source: Ministry of Equality of the Government of Spain

‘All bodies are beach bodies’: Spain’s Equality Ministry launches summer campaign

July 29, 2022

Spain’s Equality Ministry (Ministerio de Igualdad) has launched a creative summer campaign, encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to hit the beach, with the slogan: “Summer is ours too,” reports The Guardian

The colorful campaign’s promotional image features five women of different body types, ages and ethnicities enjoying a day in the sun. “Summer is ours too,” it says. “Enjoy it how, where and with whomever you want.” The campaign also features a woman who has had a mastectomy topless.

“All bodies are beach bodies,” said Ione Belarra, the leader of the United Podemos party, who serves as Social Rights Minister in Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government. “All bodies are valid and we have the right to enjoy life as we are, without guilt or shame. Summer is for everyone!”

Antonia Morillas, head of the Spanish Women’s Institute and the organization behind the initiative, said physical expectations affected women’s self-esteem and denied them their rights.

“Diverse bodies, free of gender stereotypes, occupying all spaces. Summer also belongs to us. Free, equal, and diverse,” she tweeted on Wednesday, July 27, alongside an image from the campaign.

The Women’s Institute said: “Today we toast a summer for all, without stereotypes and aesthetic violence against our bodies.”

When left-wing leader Cayo Lara said the campaign was absurd and trying to “create a problem where it doesn’t exist”, Podemos hit back in a tweet with: “If bodies bother you, you can stay home tweeting.”

Research contact: @guardian

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Above, seeing a life-size Chucky doll lurking in a neighborhood terrified three women in Alabama. (Photo source: Kendra Walden via Facebook)

Five-year-old in a Chucky costume terrorizes unsuspecting Alabama neighborhood

July 28, 2022

“Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?” There are some things in life that require a double take. For Kendra Walden, it was seeing what appeared to be a Chucky doll come to life walking down the street in her Alabama neighborhood.

The 31-year-old, who works in Albertville, Alabama, was in a car with two other women when she first spotted a life-sized version of the murderous doll from the 1988 horror film, Child’s Play.

“I was remodeling a house in the area and me and some of my employees were headed home from that house,” Walden told Today Parents—a segment of the Today morning show on NBC-TV.

Walden said she thought she was hallucinating. “When we got closer to him we saw that it was real,” she said. “It scared the heck out of us.”

Walden told Today that everyone in the car was “screaming like little kids.”

“My brother Zack, who is a Marine, was working on this house the day before,” Walden said. “His biggest fear in the entire world is Chucky so he would have died on the spot.”

Walden said her employee driving the car, Alexis Atchley, turned around so everyone could get a closer look.

“When we circled back around [the boy] had his mask off, but quickly popped it back on and crossed the street after we passed,” Walden told Today. “We turned around again and that’s when we got the photos.”

Walden uploaded three photos to her Facebook page of the encounter.

“Dear Parents of the little boy in the chucky costume in Pinson,” Walden captioned the photos. “GET YOUR KID….I almost had a heart attack.”

Walden said her social post, which has garnered more than 51,000 likes and 105,000 shares, was “just for fun” and she did not expect it to go viral.

“At first it was private and then a friend asked to make it public and after that it’s been crazy,” she said. “I can rarely check my notifications because so many are on the Chucky post. I’ve had so many people reach out about people sharing it and such.”

Research contact: @TODAYshow

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Study: Green tea extract supplements improve gut health, help lower blood sugar levels

July 27, 2022

Green tea has long been viewed as a healthful drink—and now, an Ohio State University study has demonstrated that four-week green tea extract consumption can improve gut health and reduce blood sugar levels by decreasing inflammation, reports Gut News.

The research team conducted this work to build off a 2019 study that established that fewer health risks and incidences of  obesity  are associated with consumption of green tea.

“There is much evidence that greater consumption of green tea is associated with good levels of cholesterol, glucose, and triglycerides, but no studies have linked its  benefits to the gut  to those health factors,” says Richard Bruno, senior study author and professor of Human Nutrition at the school.

This latest clinical trial included 40 adults—21 with metabolic syndrome; and 19, healthy. They consumed gummy green tea extract supplements for 28 days daily. The dosage equates to five cups of tea. In the randomized double-blind crossover trial, all participants consumed a placebo for an additional 28 days, taking a month off entirely between treatments.

Researchers also advised participants to follow a diet low in polyphenols, which are antioxidants found naturally in fruits, vegetables, teas, and spices. This is so that during the placebo and green tea extract supplement phases, the results could be attributed to just the green tea and not anything confounding.

Results show that fasting blood glucose levels in all participants were significantly lower after taking the green tea extract supplement compared to post-placebo.

Also, upon analysis of fecal samples, a reduction in pro-inflammatory proteins was see in all participants—meaning that the gut saw a significant decrease in inflammation.

Further, the team used a technique to assess sugar ratios in urine samples. Findings show participants’ small intestine permeability decreased after the green tea consumption, meaning that  leaky gut syndrome  conditions were alleviated.

“That absorption of gut-derived products is thought to be an initiating factor for obesity and  insulin resistance, which are central to all cardiometabolic disorders,” Bruno notes. “If we can improve gut integrity and reduce leaky gut, the thought is we’ll be able to not only alleviate low-grade inflammation that initiates cardiometabolic disorders, but potentially reverse them.”

Metabolic syndrome wasn’t cured over the month, but the study does show that green tea has lots of potential to notably lessen the risk for developing the condition and even reversing it, due to its supportive effects on the gut. Bruno’s lab is confident that their team produced findings that will positively impact chronic conditions through gut health. They plan to continue analyzing the gut microbiome, identifying any toxins that can increase susceptibility to poor health.

This study is published in the journal, Current Developments in Nutrition.

For those who are interested in trying green tea extract, a high dosage is considered to range from 10 to 29 milligrams per kilogram (or 4.54 to 13.15 milligrams per pound) of body weight per day.

And experts warn enthusiasts no to overdo it. The National Institute of Health  says green tea extract supplements have been linked to several cases of liver damage and can accelerate liver disease.

Research contact: @gutnews

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