30/08/2016 Newsround


30/08/2016

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Hello there, Ricky here live in the Newsround studio

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We bring you the birds that could teach drones to fly.

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And can your dog really understand what you're saying?

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But first, have you ever wondered how birds manage to fly,

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Well a team of scientists in the US created a special

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BBC Science reporter Victoria Gill went to see it.

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Scientists have a lot to learn from this little lovebird.

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How such tiny birds fly smoothly through gusty air

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So scientists at Stanford University have built this.

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We worked for four years to design this and build this.

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It was put together specifically to study how birds fly.

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We can use the best possible techniques.

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Those techniques include cameras that film in extreme slow motion,

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capturing tiny wing adjustments that keep the birds steady in the wind.

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It is the latest ambitious experiment in a lab here

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in California that is dedicated to unravelling the secrets of flight.

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Diana works with these birds every day.

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She uses clicker training and food rewards so they will fly to wherever

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The ultimate aim is the design of tiny flying robots like these.

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By copying what birds do, engineers can build much smaller,

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steadier robots that they could then send out after a disaster to search

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So these scientists will aim to create robotic copies

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of what nature has perfected over millions of years.

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Next, air pollution in cities hasn't improved enough

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A new report by the Royal Geographical society says

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pollution caused by cars, buses and lorries makes the air

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in some cities bad enough it could make some people ill.

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The government says its trying to reduce air pollution,

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but experts say more needs to be done to encourage people

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Now, to the farm in Cornwall that's selling some of their animals.

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Only the farmer isn't selling sheep or cows,

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More than 10 years ago these camels were brought

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Since then the heard has got bigger and bigger now farmer Christopher

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needs to find some of them a new home.

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They love people. It's always a pleasure to be with the camels

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because they are very social animals.

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They're pulling in the crowds at this farm, but I don't think any

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of their parents are ready to give them a home just yet.

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I'm living in a flat in Bournemouth, they are a bit too big for the

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balcony. No, they are too smelly. As lovely as they are, no.

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So if you're seriously thinking about getting a camel well here's

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They're desert animals, so they need somewhere dry

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They like company, so you might need to get more than one!

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Make sure you've got good fencing, because they can eat their way

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And don't forget a camel isn't just for Christmas,

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you need to be committed as these animals can live for up to 40 years.

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So if you've got between ?3,000 and ?8,000 in the bank - then

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Now the next time you dig out your pencil case,

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you might think a bit differently about one of these.

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This man in Taiwan in east Asia can create tiny

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It takes him hours to carves these intricate designs.

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Here's one he made of the Eiffel Tower.

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Lee Chien-Chu has to use a magnifying glass so he can

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Ever wondered if your dog can really understand what you're saying?

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Researchers from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary have

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Using a machine which measures brain waves and doesn't hurt the dogs,

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called an MRI scanner, they found canines can recognise

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certain words and even tell the difference between how the words

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A restaurant in Sydney, Australia cooked up the creations.

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There's also veggie options and it got lots of fans excited,

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That's all from me, Newsround's back right here tomorrow with Leah.

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