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Hong Kong's senior superintendent Steve Li holds up a copy of one of the books at the center of the case. DANIEL SUEN/AFP via Getty Images Five speech therapists in Hong Kong have been convicted of sedition for publishing three books. The illustrated children's books depict sheep warriors defending their homes from evil wolves. A […]
Veteran TV actor Robert Conrad has died, at age 84. “He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts,” family spokesman Jeff Ballard said in a statement to People.com. No other details were immediately available. Conrad’s long TV career began with one-shots […]
Countryfile fans have certainly seen a number of strange goings-on on the the BBC show. However this evening gave them another shock as they began watching Adam Henson birthing a lamb. Venturing into his lambing pens, he announced: “Our first block of lambing is in full swing!” “All of these are pregnant in the pens, […]
Researchers have developed an AI system — InstaGAN — that can swap sheep with giraffes, skirts with pants, and more in images.Read More
Shaun the Sheep may as well be a national treasure for his ubiquity and popularity. The inimitable style and charm of Aardman, the studio co-founded in 1976 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is renowned. From Wallace and Gromit to Morph, the studio has produced classic after classic. Now they’re back with a second full-length […]
I’m in love with a sheep. I live with two cats in the middle of Paris in an apartment that’s smaller than 500 square feet, and with a balcony too small to stand on — the closest thing to an outdoor space. But I want a sheep. Not just any sheep, mind you. I want […]
Radioactive isotopes discovered by scientists in Australian sheep have added gravity to longstanding claims that a mysterious flash above the Indian Ocean 39 years was actually an illegal Israeli nuclear weapon test. On September 22, 1979, US satellite Vela 6911 detected a ‘double flash’ near the Marion and Prince Edward islands in the southern Indian […]
Students in southwestern China were confounded by a seemingly impossible math question involving sheep, goats, and the captain of a ship. Some of the top-notch answers they came up with appeared in the Chinese media. The question – posed to grade five pupils at a school in Nanchong, Sichuan province – asked the students to […]
– From nose to tail, the XT5’s styling is pure Cadillac, sharing the same edgy design theme and 3.6-liter V-6 with the brand’s sedan lineup and more than a few design elements with Caddy’s full-size SUV. But its lackluster driving dynamics don’t match up with the athletic ATS, CTS, and CT6 sedans, and its cabin […]
Enlarge / Welcome to the hunting lodge… (credit: Asmodee Digital) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. I admit to a fair amount of skepticism when it comes to most virtual reality applications; I remember hearing how VR was the Next Big Thing […]
