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Lab-grown milk, eggs and meat could hit store shelves in 5 years
digitaljournal.com

Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace
theguardian.com

How a Ragtag Gang of Retirees Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in British History
vanityfair.com

The forgotten Australian prisoners of war experimented on by the Nazis
abc.net.au

Egypt says scan of King Tut’s burial tomb shows hidden rooms
ctvnews.ca

Did Charles Darwin use his children for science?
bbc.com

NASA to test fire in space by burning unmanned orbiting craft
phys.org

How Jan Baalsrud escaped the Nazis and became a Norwegian folk hero
nytimes.com

German ‘Witzelsucht’ is a neurological condition causing addiction to the wurst of puns.
nymag.com

The Ethics of a Pill for Down Syndrome
theatlantic.com

Modeled After Ants, Teams of Tiny Robots Can Move 2-Ton Car
nytimes.com

Hiker in Israel finds rare ancient coin, only second of its kind known to archaeology.
npr.org

Some Birds Are Just As Smart As Apes
neurosciencenews.com

Molecular experiment reverses evolution in birds obtaining a dinosaur-like lower leg
alphagalileo.org

The Sneaky Life of the World’s Most Mysterious Plant
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com

Interactive data: How people in various professions intermarry.
bloomberg.com

A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers seems to violate a longstanding assumption about how they behave.
quantamagazine.org

Using statistics and geographical profiling to identify the elusive graffiti artist Banksy.
cbc.ca

Interactive map shows every nuclear detonation since 1945
arcgis.com

Newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium can break down PET
abc.net.au

Penguin travels over 8,000 km every year to visit man who rescued him
cbc.ca

Shipwrecks, Tree Rings Reveal Caribbean Hurricanes
uanews.arizona.edu

‘Gum leaf skeletoniser’ caterpillar wears a hat made of its own discarded head casings.
bbc.com

Meet Brian: the ‘surfing’ spider that rides waves to hunt prey
telegraph.co.uk

Psychology’s popular theory of “ego depletion” may have been discredited in recent study.
slate.com

Autonomous vehicles may one day be magnetically levitated over spherical tires.
bbc.com

Vietnam twins found to have different fathers in rare case
bbc.com

First tomatoes, peas harvested from mock Martian farm.
upi.com

Japanese bird species provides the first example of non-human syntax
redorbit.com

Scientists think they now know why planet Mercury’s surface is so dark.
cbc.ca

The sound that strikes fear into a raccoon’s heart
thestar.com

Study: Leaked data reveals correlation between Ashley Madison users and corporate ethics.
thestar.com

Man-made noise prompting songbirds to change timing of dawn chorus
telegraph.co.uk

Scientists Trying To Clone Ice Age Cave Lion
news.sky.com

Study: Eating peanut products as a baby linked to lower peanut allergies in adulthood.
bbc.com

Scientists develop very early stage human stem cell lines for first time
cam.ac.uk

The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards
washingtonpost.com

Scientists gear up to drill into ‘ground zero’ of the impact that killed the dinosaurs
sciencemag.org

Archaeologists discover a former Anglo-Saxon island in a dry field in Lincolnshire, England.
lincolnshireecho.co.uk

Hubble astronomers spot record distant galaxy from early cosmos
cbc.ca

Citizen scientists reveal tales of tragedy unearthed from centuries-old rubbish dump
independent.co.uk

Study: Learning about struggles of famous scientists may help students succeed in science
sciencedaily.com

Using public Instagram images to identify and study ‘food deserts’
theatlantic.com

‘Baby Hands’ in Cave Paintings May Actually Belong to Lizards
news.nationalgeographic.com

“A load of old rot”: fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified
cam.ac.uk

Using math equations to predict terrorist attacks and other crimes.
washingtonpost.com

Inner Earth Is Teeming With Exotic Forms of Life
smithsonianmag.com

Data viz: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
graphics.wsj.com

“By the time you read this, I’ll be dead”
torontolife.com

Google says it bears some responsibility for first accident caused by self-driving car
mashable.com

Image: A medieval-style map of Mars
tabletopwhale.com

Exquisitely detailed 520 million-year-old fossil shows individual nerves
washingtonpost.com

How our ancestors drilled rotten teeth
bbc.com

CRISPR-like ‘immune’ system discovered in giant virus
nature.com

Wild gorillas compose happy ‘songs’ that they hum during meals
newscientist.com

Gallery: Photo pairs combined using neural networks
imgur.com

Video: A digital recreation of ancient Rome
youtube.com

Physicists May Have Discovered a New “Tetraquark” Particle
scientificamerican.com

Astronomers finally find source of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)
washingtonpost.com

Video: Closeup slow-mo of a match lighting.
youtube.com