"I needed to have a happy wedding. I need to have that excitement, that sparkle, that something different."
For Mary-Lou, an author from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, that meant a very special kind of wedding — one where the King presides.
She and her partner Ken headed to Las Vegas to the iconic Graceland Wedding Chapel, where a crooning, hip-thrusting, flare-toting Elvis impersonator officiated their ceremony.
"He had the charisma and the moves and the voice, and he made us laugh. We all sang the Elvis songs together, we danced up the aisle, and he looked the part – he was just perfect," says Mary-Lou.
Read our online article from Return Ticket, then head to Sin City with host Jonathan Green in
the latest episode. Then, join Future Tense's Antony Funnell on a journey to the forefront of scientific discovery.
In a high-tech lab, scientists are building xenobots, "micro-biological robots" built from living frog cells that could yield critical information about the human body and disease.
"These are the first life forms that were not produced by natural selection or evolution. They were evolved by a virtual [artificial intelligence] in the simulation, then brought to life in the real world," explains senior scientist in the program, Dr Douglas Blackiston.
Learn more about this fascinating technology in our online article, or
hear the full interview with Dr Blackiston on Future Tense. Until next time,
Anna Levy, deputy digital editor
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