Einstein in the
making
 An
Ohio 6-year-old has something only one in a million people have: an IQ
of 176 or above. Cincinnati.com reports that young Pranav Veera, who
likes video games and playing outside like any other child, is anything
but typical. The Loveland boy can say the alphabet backwards and list
the names of U.S.
presidents in the order they served in office. If you give him any
date going back to 2000, Veera can tell you what day of the week that
was.
He also appears to have a photographic memory. Even Albert Einstein
didn’t score as high on the intelligence charts as Veera: The legendary
genius’ IQ was thought to be about 160. “He’s an amazing child,” said
Marci Taylor, Veera’s kindergarten teacher. “He knows so much, yet he’s
probably more excited about learning than any child I’ve ever seen. He
shakes with excitement.”
- AOL
Look out
for giant dominos
 Berliners
plan to topple a two kilometer-long chain of giant “dominos” along the
path of the wall that once separated communist East from the West, to
mark the 20th anniversary of its fall. At a ceremony on November 9, the
day in 1989 on which crowds of East Germans swept through the wall and
began tearing it down, the slabs will be pushed over.
The “dominos” will be decorated by young people from Berlin and
abroad in different styles. “I was given the opportunity to paint a map
on this domino, which is great fun,” said Mathieu Chergait, an exchange
student from France as he worked on the slab with two Korean students.
Another is decorated with a design portraying a multicolored brick
wall being opened with a giant zipper to represent the ripping down of
the barrier that divided the city for three decades. One of the
sponsors, the Goethe Institut, said it planned to use the idea to spread
around the world the story about how Germany overcame its division
peacefully.
- Reuters
Robot Fish
to Fight Pollution
 Environmentalists
have big plans for robotic fish like this one shown at the London
Aquarium. The carp-shaped machines, which cost $29,000 apiece, are being
released into sea off northern Spain to detect pollution. The robots
mimic the movement of real fish and are equipped with chemical sensors
to sniff out potentially hazardous pollutants.
- AOL
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