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Researchers have begun to analyze the remains of a creepy "mermaid mummy" that was brought to the U.S. from Japan in 1906. (Image credit: Fiji Mermaid Project/Joseph Cress) A mysterious, malevolent-looking mermaid mummy that was brought back to the U.S. from Japan more than 100 years ago appears to be a mix of fish, monkey and lizard parts that have been joined together like Frankenstein's monster, initial scans suggest.  The haunting mummy , which is around 11.5 inches (29 centimeters) long, is known as the "Fiji mermaid " due to its similarities with an object of the same name supposedly acquired from Fiji by controversial showman P.T. Barnum in the 1840s . The mummy was purchased in Japan by an American naval officer who donated it to the Clark County Historical Society in Springfield, Ohio, in 1906. Documents supplied to the society with the mummy suggest it dates back to the mid-1800s. Now, for the first time, researchers have investigated the merm...

DETROIT: The next generation of the Toyota Camry, the best-selling sedan in the US market, will come with only a gas-electric hybrid powertrain, the boldest move yet by the Japanese automaker to push hybrid technology into the heart of the US market. The 2025 Camry will combine a 2.5-liter gasoline engine with an electric drive system tuned to deliver more power in both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive versions of the car, Toyota said. Compliance with tougher US fuel economy rules was a factor in Toyota's decision to make the new Camry an all-hybrid vehicle line, dropping four- and six-cylinder combustion models that made up about 85% of sales in the current model year, David Christ, head of the Toyota brand in North America, told Reuters. Another factor behind the decision was "the performance we were able to get out of the hybrid," he said. While Toyota has accelerated development of electric-vehicle Technology , it is still betting that demand for hybrid s a...