Reference Desl: "The Society for Amateur Scientists is building a program that will link scientists and engineers of all stripes with young people who share their passion for science, through a highly structured program called LABRats. The kids and mentors will come, largely, from the same communities. Our long-term goal is to build a nation-wide community of science enthusiasts that could one-day include a million young people and which could be sustained indefinitely, much like the Boy Scouts. Only instead of building this organization around the teaching of camping skills, LABRats will center itself around the teaching of an in-depth and engaging hands-on science program."
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A Chilean artist is making a name for herself with an exhibition in which stuffed animals are transformed into household objects.
Artworks on display include a chick turned into a lamp, and 'sheep bag' - a lamb carcass fitted with handles.
Artist Caterina Purdy says her exhibition at the Experimental Arts Centre in Santiago is intended to be humorous but also makes a serious point.
She told Las Ultimas Noticias online: 'It is possible to see my work as something scary, but I find it beautiful.
'There is also irony and humour in my objects as well as a criticism of the way animals are treated by society.'"
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