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December 20, 2008 Saturday
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BETHESDA (Maryland) - WITH the US economy slumping, the going has got very tough, but the tough are no longer shopping. They're laughing.

Not just any old laughter, but laughter yoga, a form of exercise that blends bold belly laughs and noisy 'meditation' with rhythmic clapping, waddling around like a penguin or taking part in a conga line, and deep yogic breathing.

 
Call for robot ethics rules

WASHINGTON - A BRITISH scientist is calling for immediate introduction of robot ethics guidelines amid surging use of the machines and concern about their lack of human responsibility while caring for children or the elderly.

Daddy day-care dinos

WASHINGTON - YOU can call it dino daddy day-care.

Scientists who examined the fossilised remains of three types of medium-sized dinosaurs found with large clutches of eggs have concluded that the males rather than the females seem to have guarded the nests and brooded the eggs.

Most will torture if ordered

WASHINGTON - SOME things never change.

Scientists said on Friday they had replicated an experiment in which people obediently delivered painful shocks to others if encouraged to do so by authority figures.

   
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