This summary covers a CNN news transcript that discusses 3 stories: 1) Bushfires in Australia forced hundreds of evacuations from the town of Tathra. The fires destroyed around 70 homes. 2) The last male northern white rhino, named Sudan, died at age 45. Only 2 female northern white rhinos remain. 3) A 35-year-old scientist is working to develop electronic skin that can provide sensory feedback for prosthetic limbs, aiming to transform the field.

1. Bushfires Force Evacuations in Part of Australia; The Last Male of a Rhino
Subspecies Dies; A 35-Year-Old Scientist Aims to Transform Prosthetic Limbs
Aired March 21, 2018 - 04:00 ET
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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: For CNN 10, I`m Carl Azuz. It`s great to see
all of our viewers around the world today.
For our first report, we`re taking you to the nation and continent of Australia.
In the southeast part of the country, the Australian state of New South
Wales, a massive bushfire recently roared up to Tathra, a small town on the
Australian coast. It spread so fast that hundreds of people had to run to the
beaches or take refuge in other towns nearby. One resident said she walked
the beach for three miles with more than 200 other people to get away from
the heat.
People who live in Tathra say its cellphone reception is notoriously bad, even
when there`s not disaster. And the lack of dependable information
reportedly left some folks in the dark about how serious and how close the
fire was before it hit.
But while local officials say a number of people needed to be treated for
smoke inhalation, no one is missing and no one seriously injured. The bushfire
destroyed around 70 homes, about 40 others were damaged, and that`s in
addition to dozens of caravans or cabins that burned.
Firefighters were able to save 400 houses.
They were hoping to have the fire contained yesterday afternoon. That means
they have walled off so that it doesn`t spread further. The next step for
residents will be to return to their homes and see what needs to be done.
Bushfires and forest fires are common disasters in Australia.
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2. AZUZ (voice-over): Ten-second trivia:
What is the second-largest land mammal on Earth after the elephant?
Common hippopotamus, white rhinoceros, American bison or polar bear?
With the weight of between three and five tons, the white rhinoceros checks
in as the planet`s second largest land mammal.
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AZUZ: And the sub species of the white rhino known as the northern white
rhino is now just two animals away from complete extinction and both of the
living ones are females. The last male who was named Sudan lived on a
conservancy in the African nation of Kenya. He was 45 years old, which is
elderly for a rhinoceros and he had a lot of health issues related to his age.
So, a conservation group announced yesterday that Sudan had been put to
sleep.
As Sudan lived out his last years, he was protected 24 hours a day by armed
guards. Just as conservationists prized Sudan for being the last male
northern white rhino, poachers [illegal hunters], people who illegally kill
animals, prized rhinos for their horns because especially in Asia, they`re
believed to cure different problems in humans.
Researchers have saved some of Sudan`s DNA and they`re hoping to use it to
keep the sub species alive. If they`re unsuccessful, they say the two
remaining female northern white rhinos will probably die over the next decade,
making these unique animals extinct.
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FARAI SEVENZO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He just couldn`t carry his weight
anymore. I mean, these beasts you see behind me, one of them is his daughter,
Fatu, his granddaughter, I beg your pardon, and his daughter, Najin, are over
there. They`re the two only northern white rhinos, which is distinct from the
southern white rhinos because they have shorter legs, heavier ears.

3. But basically, Sudan was the last male rhino. And because of crippling
[disabling] old age, he could no longer carry himself. And we`ve spoken to the
vets here and the feeling, while you`re asking, is one of sadness, as if they
really lost someone they knew for a long time and they did know him for a long
time.
Born in 1973, many of his relatives were massacred and killed mainly for their
horns in poaching, in this part of the world. And at the moment, they`re
trying, the scientists and the conservationists, to find some way of conserving
Sudan`s lineage by an incredible, fascinating system of harvesting the eggs
[collecting the ova (singular: ovum)] of the last two females here. This is
absolutely sort of cutting edge of science and conservancy.
So, all is not lost, but, of course, the blame has to go to us, as people and
mankind. Remember, rhinos have been on this earth for 55 million years and it
took out two centuries to wipe out [eradicate, eliminate] a complete sub
species of the northern white rhinos.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
AZUZ: A treasure hunt factors in to [is included in] our next report this
Wednesday, but it may concern more legend than fact. Here`s what we know
for sure: last week, FBI agents and state officials were seen digging in the
ground in part of rural Pennsylvania, in an area called Dents Run. The FBI
would only it was, quote, carrying out court authorized law enforcement
activity in Elk County.
But news affiliate WJAC says their cameras also observed the owners of a
lost treasure recovery service at the site, and that brings us to the legend.
In 1863, during the U.S. civil war, the story goes that a Union wagon train
packed with gold was lost near Dents Run. Some accounts say it had 55 bars
of gold, which would be worth $54 million today. But despite decades of
treasure hunting in the area, no gold and nothing other than a few historical
artifacts has been found. And a local historian who`s investigated himself
says he found no credible evidence there was ever gold there.

4. Still, with rumors swirling [flowing in circle] that metal detectors indicated
something was at Dents Run, an FBI seen excavating in the area, the lore
[traditional wiadom] has taken on new life.
The skin is the largest organ in a human body. It`s like a climate control
jacket we all wear. It keeps our inside warm when it`s cold, it helps us cool off
when we`re hot.
But if someone loses a limb, they lose the ability to feel what the skin there
could feel, even if they have a prosthetic limb replaced it.
Meet a scientist who`s working to change that.
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BENJAMIN TEE, SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR: My name is Benjamin Tee.
I`m from Singapore and I`m 35 years old. I am scientist and innovator in the
field of electronic skins.
So, electronic skins are really a recreation of some of the amazing
(INAUDIBLE) abilities that human skin offers us. Basically, it`s a
substrate that can sense the environment really well, just like your own skin,
and the whole is to be able to advance robotics and provide them with the
sense of touch. It allows us to be so dexterous [skilled with our hands] and
creative.
When I was a kid, about 7 years old, I was really inspired when I watched the
"Star Wars Trilogy" and heard of robotic assistant fixed back Luke
Skywalker`s hand that he lost in a Jedi fight. And the hand will have complete
sensation and the robot pokes [touches] it. He`s able to react, and this is
something that today`s prosthetic hand is unable to achieve yet.
If you talk to patients or people that have unfortunately lost their hands or
even their legs, when they use a normal prosthetic, they`re unable to feel.
And this really affects the daily activities. It`s been a decade actually
thinking about this problem.
(INAUDIBLE) it`s not easy in a way I first started, I think it was in 2008. A

5. few was just starting -- people are just starting to think about how you
can solve this problem and we had to look at very new materials. We have to
develop new materials.
The grand challenge is, can we create an artificial version of skin? And, you
know, we have multiple brainstorming sessions to see how we can achieve that.
I really think we`re very close. We have now developed a platform technology
that can enable sensors to be built on any skin you want. So, it could be over
the entire body of a robot, or it could be as small as in the area of your finger
tip.
What we`re trying to do is to change scientific -- science fiction into
scientific reality. Quite frankly, kudos [glory] to the science fiction
writers, you know. They`ve done an excellent job of envisioning a future. But
we are the ones putting (ph) how to make that a reality.
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AZUZ: Super monster wolf gets "10 out of 10". What sounds like your little
brother`s description of something scary, super monster wolf is actually sort
of scare crow [espantapájaros], except of warding off [keeping off] birds,
this thing in Japan is meant to scare off deer and wild boar. Its eyes glow, it
can growl [gruñir] or howl[aullar] or make gunshot sounds.
The solar-powered super monster wolf costs $4,800. But farmers say it has
helped pests [plagas] away.
Even if it`s more likely to growl than prowl [move stealthily about, acechar],
to glow than grow, to stick than stalk [prowl], to make noise than show poise
[stability], to light up than light out, and to be more sensory that intent-sory.
It might not monster up fear in humans, but at least it wolfed up our last
segment on CNN 10. I`m Carl Azuz.
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6. few was just starting -- people are just starting to think about how you
can solve this problem and we had to look at very new materials. We have to
develop new materials.
The grand challenge is, can we create an artificial version of skin? And, you
know, we have multiple brainstorming sessions to see how we can achieve that.
I really think we`re very close. We have now developed a platform technology
that can enable sensors to be built on any skin you want. So, it could be over
the entire body of a robot, or it could be as small as in the area of your finger
tip.
What we`re trying to do is to change scientific -- science fiction into
scientific reality. Quite frankly, kudos [glory] to the science fiction
writers, you know. They`ve done an excellent job of envisioning a future. But
we are the ones putting (ph) how to make that a reality.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
AZUZ: Super monster wolf gets "10 out of 10". What sounds like your little
brother`s description of something scary, super monster wolf is actually sort
of scare crow [espantapájaros], except of warding off [keeping off] birds,
this thing in Japan is meant to scare off deer and wild boar. Its eyes glow, it
can growl [gruñir] or howl[aullar] or make gunshot sounds.
The solar-powered super monster wolf costs $4,800. But farmers say it has
helped pests [plagas] away.
Even if it`s more likely to growl than prowl [move stealthily about, acechar],
to glow than grow, to stick than stalk [prowl], to make noise than show poise
[stability], to light up than light out, and to be more sensory that intent-sory.
It might not monster up fear in humans, but at least it wolfed up our last
segment on CNN 10. I`m Carl Azuz.
END