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Safety and stability make biking more fun!
Check out the latest technology in keeping a bicycle stable while riding at slow speeds.

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CATS

This cat lovin McDonald's
It appears that fetching is not just for dogs.

Elephant Scores 87 Percent on Math Exam at Zoo

The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, grey surprise to science the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for maths as well
Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially comprising a large cage and two buckets of assorted fruit — one elephant at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo managed to get its sums right 87 per cent of the time. A slightly less gifted pachyderm across the country in Kyoto scored a still respectable 69 per cent.

United States Tennis Association to the Rescue

Deaf child helped out in school by tennis balls
To 4-year-old Luc Bordier, a tennis ball is more than a toy to share with his dog. It's also a tool to create the best possible learning environment when Luc enters kindergarten. "Luc is deaf, he was born deaf, it's a genetic thing, transmitted from his mother and I," says Robert Bordier, Luc's father. But Luc can hear, thanks to the amazing technology of a cochlear implant, which uses a microphone and transmitter. The technology works best when there's limited background noise. Hence, the addition tennis balls now on every chair and table leg in Luc's kindergarten classroom.
The goal is to reduce ambient background noise, like the scraping sound of kids moving their chairs. With tennis balls, the scraping noise is virtually eliminated. "It reduces the noise so that Luc and concentrate on hearing the teacher," Robert says. Teacher Joan Cruz at Luc's school, the Church Street Elementary School in White Plains, wrote to the USTA because of the need for the tennis balls. The association responded by quickly donating hundreds of "gently used" U.S. Open balls. With news video.