Big Mac bosses in little “planet” blunder

By Michael MacLeod

FAST food clown Ronald McDonald has been slated by scientists for conning kids into believing Pluto is still a planet.

The tiny space rock was officially judged to be too small to qualify as a planet three years ago.

But space geeks have spotted a recent batch of McDonald’s Happy Meal boxes still stating: “There are nine planets in total.”

Now burger bosses admit they are “aware” of the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) ruling.

Members of the 10,000-strong IAU took over two years debating how many planets were in the solar system.

Robots mimic football’s worst cheats

By Michael MacLeod

FOOTBALL daft boffins were studying last night’s Champion’s League final for tips on teaching their robotic dream team on how to milk it like Messi or roll like Ronaldo to gain an advantage on the pitch.

Diving to con the referee is commonplace in football and now the robots are being shown how to copy the game’s biggest fakers.

The mechanical stars of this year’s RoboCup will be tumbling like Tevez to help ease their way to victory.

And their creators will have been glued to the Man Utd v Barcelona match while training for the annual RoboCup this summer, when 2,500 scientists from 36 countries will clash Austria.