Click for the photo – Getting to grips with prosthetics – “Cork scientists are at the forefront of a world breakthrough in prosthetics with the creation of an artificial hand that can touch, feel, grip and hold…”

Bionic feet for amputee cat – “A cat that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester has been given two prosthetic limbs in a pioneering operation by a UK vet. The new feet are custom-made implants that “peg” the ankle to the foot. They are bioengineered to mimic the way deer antler bone grows through the skin…”

Greece starts putting island land up for sale to save economy – “Desperate attempt to repay debts also driven by inability to find funds to develop infrastructure on islands…”

New Papua tribe discovered – “A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the remote forests of Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region has been discovered for the first time by the country’s census, an official said on Thursday. The nomadic tribe, called Koroway, numbers about 3,000 people speaking their own language and living off animals and plants in the forest, census officials found during the country’s 2010 census survey…”

Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist – “Eminent Australian scientist Professor Frank Fenner, who helped to wipe out smallpox, predicts humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change…”

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