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Babies born to older Less than 100 people worldwide have be cleaned by a volunteer for Vale
moms may be smarter, developed the condition in the last Wildlife Hospital, UK.
healthier century, according to Houston Meth
odist Sugar Land Hospital. Washing up liquid was used to remove
Children born to older mothers may be the bright orange pigment from his
healthier, taller and obtain more edu Snails use just two brain feathers but it failed to wash away
cation than kids of younger mothers, cells to make decisions the smell of curry.
a new study has claimed. The benefits
associated with being born in a later Scientists have discovered that snails Veterinary nurse Lucy Kells said, "We
year outweigh the biological risks as solve complex decisions using just two had never seen anything like it before.
sociated with being born to an older brain cells, in a discovery that could The thing that shocked us the most
mother, researchers said. help engineers develop energy efficient was the smell. He smelled amazing, he
robots. really smelled good." The bird has since
The reason is that in industrialised been nicknamed Gullfrazie.
countries educational opportunities By attaching electrodes to the brain
are increasing, and people are getting circuitry of freshwater snails that were New TV remote control
healthier by the year. In other words, on the hunt for food, researchers for Dogs developed
it pays off to be born later, they said. learned the mollusks used only two
neurons when they found a tasty Dogs will soon be able to channel surf
Texas woman speaks in lettuce. for their favourite TV shows with the
British accent after surgery world's first petfriendly remote. The
Scientists discovered that snails used gadget has been designed with paws
A Texas woman who underwent sur controller and motivator neurons to and dribbles in mind and will give dogs
gery on her jaw now speaks with a feed back information to each other to total control.
British accent after she was diagnosed decide whether or not to eat.
with a rare neurological disorder. Pet food maker Wagg, who is trialing
Seagull dyed orange after the remote, says it is has been cleverly
Lisa Alamia, a mother of three from falling into chicken tikka made from tough waterproof plastic.
Rosenberg, had the surgery to correct masala Giant buttons with raised surfaces
an overbite, but it ended up changing make it easy to switch channels and it
her speech. Her neurologist, Dr Toby A seagull was dyed bright orange af gives off lowfrequency squeaks that
Yalto, has put her through a series of ter he plunged into a vat of chicken appeal to pooches.
tests but has so far been unable to tikka masala at a food factory in Wales.
determine what has caused her to The bird fell in while trying to scav Wagg has developed the remote with
develop the condition, known as for enge a piece of meat from a bin. He computer designers at the University
eign accent syndrome. was rescued by staff and picked up to of Central Lancashire in Preston.
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