Painting and Story by Lehan Winifred Ramsay

Researchers believe they can get more detailed data through wild monkeys

I was reading yesterday about a plan to attach collars to wild monkeys in the countryside somewhere around Fukushima. These collars will have devices attached that collect data about the radiation levels in the area. The argument on the appropriateness of such an experiment appears to be that as the monkeys move around a lot through this terrain, the devices will be able to monitor the radiation levels randomly and perhaps gain a more accurate reading. No comment was given regarding the monkeys’ interest in IT or being adorned with chokers, however we do learn that these chokers can be controlled by remote control.

In another story hitting the press, the ABC’s drum today carries a story on how other countries are getting the advantage on Australians because their children are put in schools earlier. Dr Oberklaid of the Royal Children’s Hospital reports: “…it’s like building the foundations of a house. “If you take shortcuts, like using cheaper cement, everything that follows is potentially at risk.”” According to a quoted source, a Dr Einstein, “no problem can be solved by the same thinking which created it.”

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111211a3.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-14/alberici-early-childhood-education/4008962