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Photo: No matter which country eventually emerges as champion at the end of soccer's World Cup, these 13 energetic undergraduates in different team jerseys attracted attention at Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Wednesday.

Buzzword: "Emo robot": Ever feel like no one really understands you? Well, "Pepper" could be about to change all that. That's because Pepper is actually a robot, touted as the world's first with the ability to read emotions. Less than 1.2 meters tall with a tablet computer mounted to its chest, Pepper has humanlike hands and a mermaidlike lower torso.