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Robots fast enough for fighting games Remotely operated one-armed boxing robots, inspired by the 2011 movie Real Steel, can respond to a person's movements in as little as one-hundredth of a second. Worms use static to hitch a lift on bees Bees accumulate an electrical charge as they fly, and experiments show that Caenorhabditis elegans nematode worms can exploit this to jump through the air and hitch themselves a ride. Strong and easily removed sticky tape Laser-cutting three sides of a rectangle in a repeating pattern along sticky tape, a method inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, makes it 60 times stronger, as well as being easy to peel off. [Extracted from the article]

The China National Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum) in Beijing has regained its popularity since reopening to the public on January 1, simultaneously displaying three exhibitions - all free of charge. Visitors take in the exhibition's largest work: The Soul of Emperor Yan. Among these three, an exhibition of the paper cutting works of a seasoned artist from Shanxi Province in north China has proved particularly popular with Beijingers and visitors to the capital alike. [Extracted from the article]