Author: Science News Staff / Source: Science News Artificial intelligence followed fauna, diagnosed disease, mapped the moon and more in 2018, Maria Temming reported in “Artificial intelligence is mastering a wider variety of jobs than ever before” (SN: 12/22/18 & 1/5/19, p. 25). Online

Source: Sunny Skyz Winnie the wombat celebrated her 31st birthday on Friday, making her the oldest wombat in Australia and probably the world. To celebrate, her keepers at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Australia made two special fruit and vegetable cakes. Winnie was orphaned as a joey and

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Click to unmute Source: Youtube Meet George, a baby Common Wombat who is currently being looked after by wildlife conservationist Tim Faulkner at the Australian Reptile Park. He was found on the side of a road by a passer-by but now George has fallen in love with the park’s staff

Oh hi baby wombat. What kind of wombat are you?   Why, I’m a Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, of course. But I have a name. It’s Jedda. And I’m not a baby, I’m a joey. Why are you being shy, baby wombat?   Because I only just emerged from my mother’s pouch at the the Melbourne Zoo in Australia.