Weekly News Roundup: Robot Chauffeurs and Hand-Holding Otters

• Back away from the game controller: Venezuela is laying out a plan for a new law that would ban violent video games in an effort to cut back on rampant crime in the country, even though studies have been unable to prove a link between gaming and violent behavior. • Because walking, trams, and moving walkways are so last millennium, business travelers at London's Healthrow Airport will soon be able to hitch a ride on driverless podcars. The battery-powered, robotic cars constitute the first personalized rapid transit system that lets riders control their destination. •In a meaty ode to the food web site This is Why You're Fat, here are 10 structures made entirely out of meat. Feats of engineering, no doubt. • How one scientist hopes to turn chicken embryos into dinosaurs. Not only is it scientifically implausible, but it seems like there was a movie based on a similar idea—and it didn't turn out well (for the humans, that is). • Can red help you score? It seems red doesn't just make women more attractive to men; it can also help make sports teams more victorious. • And finally, infinitely adorable otters holding hands... er, paws? Related Content: Discoblog: Robot Model Struts the Catwalk in Japan Science Not Fiction: Hungry Robots. What Could Go Wrong? Discoblog: New Humanoid Robot Shows More Emotion Than Some Humans

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