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January 30

• Super-Long-Necked Dinosaur May Have Inspired Ancient Dragon Stories
• Scuba Diver Discovers 10,000-Year-Old Forest Underwater
• Spiders Spin Electrically-Charged Silk to Make Sticky Webs
• A Rare Fox Has Been Seen in Yosemite For The First Time in Almost 100 Years
• WATCH: Magnetic Buckyballs in a Blender Light Up Like Fireworks
• WATCH: No One Knows How These Two Batteries Have Lasted 175 Years
• Your Credit Card Record Is Not So Anonymous, New Study Reveals
• Scientists Have Found The Region of The Brain That Controls Addictive Overeating
• WATCH: Super-Rare African Golden Cat Caught Attacking Monkeys on Film
• WATCH: This Haunting Drone Footage Shows Auschwitz 70 Years After Liberation

January 29

• WATCH: The Five Weirdest Science Stories of 2014
• WATCH: Citizen-Funded Solar Sail Will Fly in May
• Scientists Image The Entire Brain Activity of Freely-Moving Worms
• World's Tallest 3D-Printed Building Showcased in China
• Ötzi The Iceman Had Way More Tattoos Than You
• Six Celestial Phenomena Are Captured in This Incredible Image
• MRI Scans Show That Violent Psychopaths Don't Understand Punishment
• The Tesla P85D's 'Insane Mode' Could Be The Future of Driving
• New Type of Chemical Bond Discovered
• Green Tea Compound Found to Kill Oral Cancer Cells
• WATCH: What Would The World Look Like if Humans Disappeared?

January 28

• Potential Peanut Allergy Cure Lets 80% of Children Eat Nuts
• WATCH: A "Rain Bomb" Drops on Queensland, Australia
• Scientists Are Closer to Understanding What Wiped Out Easter Island Society
• New Flower Discovered in Australia Smells Like Rotting Fish
• WATCH: This Is The First Video of a Laser Zooming Through Thin Air
• The Asteroid That Zoomed Past Earth This Week Was So Big, It Had Its Own Moon

January 27

• WATCH: What Actually IS Angular Momentum?
• Your Environment, More Than Genetics, Determines Your Immune Health
• WATCH: Could Kool-Aid Man Really Break Through a Wall?
• Newly Discovered 'Super Saturn' Has Colossal Ring System
• Millions of Virus-Fighting GM Mozzies Could Be Released Into Florida
• These Are The Most Obese Countries in The World
• Our Polluted Oceans Are Putting Polar Bears at Risk of Broken Penis Bones

January 26

• WATCH: Here's What Everyday Objects Look Like Close Up
• Scientists May Have Found The Part of The Brain That Enables Lucid Dreaming
• WATCH: A Musician And His Robots Improvise Together
• Scans Reveal Autistic Brains Contain Unique, And Highly Idiosyncratic Connections
• WATCH: Blind Mother Uses New ESight Glasses to See Her Baby For The First Time
• Chemists Have Figured Out How to 'Unboil' an Egg
• This Fire in Australia Has Been Burning For 6,000 Years
• Graphene Could Double The Rate of Solar Energy Conversion

January 23

• Global Fire Storms After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Unlikely
• Scientists Seeking Soil (And Bacteria) From Your Backyard
• This Keyboard Can Detect Who You Are by Your Typing – And It Cleans Itself Too
• The Speed of Light (in a Vacuum) May Not Be Constant After All
• Giant Asteroid Makes Its Closest Pass of Earth on Australia Day
• We Can Now Read Papyrus Scrolls Buried by Lava in 79 AD
• Scientists Have Found Mysterious Ripples on Comet 67P/C-G's Surface
• Yes, Africa Will Feed Itself Within The Next 15 Years
• WATCH: Here's What Life Could Be Like With Microsoft's New HoloLens Goggles
• Stem Cell Treatment Improves Disability in 50% of MS Patients in Two Years
• WATCH: This Is Why The Poorest Regions on Earth Are Also The Most Diverse
• WATCH: The Top 5 Science Stories of 2014
• Chewing Sugar-Free Gum Removes as Much Oral Bacteria as Flossing

January 22

• Old Traumatic Memories Are Recalled Differently Than New Ones
• Drug Delivering Micro-Motors Tested in Living Mice
• This Freaky Spider Bites Off Its Genitals After Sex
• Music Festival Sees Spike in MDMA Pollution in Water
• Researchers Are Turning Old Plastic Bottles Into Waterproof Paper
• Scientists Discover 'Cold Shock' Proteins For Dementia Treatment
• Genetic Variants Have Been Found That Affect The Shape of Your Brain
• Einstein's Entanglement Can Connect More Than Two Systems, New Research Suggests
• Explainer: What Is Ross River Virus?
• This Four-Year-Old Is The First Person to Receive an Artificial Pancreas
• WATCH: Why Tiny Hamsters Can Eat Tiny Burritos, According to Science
• WATCH: This New Super-Hydrophobic Metal Makes Water Bounce Like Crazy

January 21

• Drinking Coffee May Protect Against Certain Types of Skin Cancer
• Childhood Adversity And Mental Disorders Could Affect People on a Cellular Level
• Sewage Sludge Contains Millions of Dollars Worth of Gold
• A Rare Frilled Shark Has Been Caught in Australia
• WATCH: Here's What It Looks Like to Be Nuzzled by a Platypus
• India's Wild Tiger Population Has Increased 30% Since 2010

January 20

• WATCH: What Guitar Strings Are Really Doing Up Close
• Curry Ingredient Curcumin Found to Suppress Traumatic Memories
• Here Are Saturn's Rings Surrounding Earth to Scale
• This Is What The Underneath of an Iceberg Looks Like
• Ancient Biblical Text Discovered in an Egyptian Mummy Mask
• WATCH: Scientists Have Taught Mario to Think, Feel And Speak For Himself
• Here's Everything That Could Wipe Out Humanity Ranked in One Handy Infographic
• Astronomers Detect Hints of Two More Planets in Our Solar System
• World First: Massive Cosmic Radio Burst Detected in Real Time

January 19

• Study: A 20-Minute Walk Every Day Could Save Your Life
• Elon Musk Wants to Build Space Internet That Would One Day Service Mars
• WATCH: This Is How The World's Only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor Works
• This Device Could Let Deaf People "Hear" Via Their Tongues
• World's First Visible Lump of Plutonium Rediscovered in Waste Storage
• The Year 2014 Declared The Hottest on Record

January 18

• WATCH: Here's What Meditation Is Doing to Your Brain

January 16

• WATCH: Raindrops Release Aerosols on Impact
• Nasal Insulin Spray Boosts Memory in People With Alzheimer's
• Lavender Aroma Promotes Trust Between Strangers
• Closing Your Eyes Helps You Remember More Accurately
• This Is How a Shark Gave Birth After Not Mating For Almost Four Years
• People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Non-Existant Crime in Just 3 Hours
• We Can Trick Our Brains Into Burning More Fat, New Research Suggests
• Guys, We're Really Close to Eradicating The Second Disease Ever From The Planet
• This Tiny Patch Could Help End Peanut Allergies
• Here's What's Growing on Your Smartphone Screen
• The Key to Safer Rare Earth Element Production Is… Salmon Sperm?
• WATCH: Here's What The Animals of The Antarctic Are Up Against

January 15

• US Air Force's $900M Space Fence Is Underway
• Flexible Brain Implant Offers Hope For Paralysis
• Geologists Monitor Vibrations Caused by Seattle NFL Fans
• Smartphone Separation Could Make Us Dumber
• WATCH: A Close-Up View of Lava Dripping Into The Ocean
• WATCH: Here's How You Catch So Many Piranhas With Nothing But Intestines And a Bucket
• WATCH: How Many Smells Can You Smell?
• Here Are The Countries Most Likely to Survive Climate Change
• WATCH: An Epic Battle Between a Wasp And a Tarantula
• These New Wireless, Waterproof Earbuds Look Amazing
• This Temporary Tattoo Can Monitor Diabetics' Glucose Levels as Accurately as a Finger Prick
• This Router Can Wirelessly Charge Up to 12 Devices From Almost 5 Metres Away
• Tropical Forests Are Absorbing Way More Carbon Dioxide Than We Thought

January 14

• Scientists Have Found a Way to Fight Alzheimer's in Mice
• Kids Eat 54% More Fruits And Vegetables if They Have Recess Before Lunch
• This Crazy Alien Horizon Is Actually a Real Sunrise on Earth
• In The Future, We Could All Be Super-Warm in Our Nanowire-Coated Outfits
• WATCH: This Is How Quantum Entanglement Really Works
• Here Are The Most Accurate Measurements of The Ocean's Biggest Animals
• WATCH: Here's How Plate Tectonics Actually Works

January 13

• This Bruise Is The Result of The Only Confirmed Meteorite Strike on a Human Ever
• Remains of an Ancient, Swimming Reptile Have Been Discovered in Scotland
• Your Computer Can Now Predict Your Personality Better Than Your Own Family
• This Indoor Farm Is 100 Times More Productive Than Outdoor Fields

January 12

• WATCH: Sand Dances to Music And Forms Incredible Patterns
• A Wild-Born Orangutan Has Learned to Communicate Like a Human
• Scientists Are Finally Working Out How The Most Ancient Life on Earth Functions
• WATCH: Here's How Eyes Evolved 500 Million Years Ago
• Optimistic People Are More Likely to Have Healthy Hearts
• Guys Who Post a Lot of Selfies Show Signs of Psychopathy
• Two New Ebola Vaccines Will Be Tested in West Africa Next Month
• WATCH: A Giant Spinning Thai Rocket Blasts Off to Ridiculous Heights

January 10

• WATCH: First Video Footage of Rare 'Type D' Orcas
• Low-Cost Perovskite Solar Cell Sets Efficiency Record
• Unusual Butterfly Sports Multi-Sex Wings
• Solar Activity at Birth Could Shorten Life Span

January 9

• Cheap Asphalt That Can Suck Up Carbon Dioxide Has Been Created
• WATCH: Authorities Suspect a Shark Tried to Eat Vietnam's Internet
• A Kenyan Teenager Is Using Waste to Fuel His School Kitchen
• WATCH: Monkeys Can Learn How to Recognise Themselves in The Mirror
• Stem Cell Treatment Halts MS Progression in 91% of Patients
• WATCH: Why We Lie, According to Science
• This Computer Program Has 'Solved' Texas Hold'em Poker

January 8

• WATCH: Why Nice Guys Finish FIRST
• These NASA Travel Posters Advertise Life on Exoplanets… And They're Incredible
• A Deadly Brown Snake Has Been Spotted Swimming at an Australian Beach Between The Flags
• Nazi-Bred 'Super-Cows' on English Farm "Tried to Kill Everyone"
• WATCH: Stephen Hawking's Best Interview Ever
• Wandering Mitochondrial DNA Hint at New Ways to Fight Disease
• WATCH: Does My Dog Understand Me?

January 7

• New Class of Antibiotic Could Fight Resistance For 30 Years
• We're All Getting an Extra Second on June 30 This Year
• WATCH: Bill Gates Drinks Water That Was Human Waste 5 Minutes Earlier
• Astronomers Discover The Two Most Earth-Like Planets to Date
• High IQ Could Reduce a Person's Risk of Developing Schizophrenia
• Hubble Takes New Iconic Shot of The 'Pillars of Creation'
• WATCH: Do Dogs Really Miss Us When We're Gone?
• Quantum Dot Televisions Are Coming to a Living Room Near You
• WATCH: Would You Take This Bet?

January 6

• Fructose Is More Toxic Than Table Sugar, And Cuts Lifespan And Reproduction of Female Mice
• Hubble Takes The Largest And Sharpest Image Ever of Andromeda
• Astronomers Figure Out 'Recipe' For Earth-Like Planets
• This Whale Lives For 200 Years, And Its Genes Will Hopefully Tell Us Why
• WATCH: Hatshepsut, The Female Pharaoh Who Refused to Be Forgotten

January 5

• WATCH: Here's an Astronomically Correct Version of Twinkle Twinkle
• Fat Can Help Protect Against Skin Infections
• Science Agrees That You Start Work (And School) Too Early
• Neuroscientists Discover That Cold Is Contagious
• A Robot Has Learned to Cook by Watching YouTube Videos
• Chatting to Your Baby Is Better For Its Communication Skills Than Reading
• Tombs of Osiris, God of The Dead, And Unknown Queen Unearthed in Egypt

January 4

• WATCH: Here's How You Solve a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube

January 3

• Dumpling Squid Opts For Sex Over Safety
• WATCH: Robot Jaws Coming to a Beach Near You
• Pitch Perfect: Lawyers With Deep Voices Less Likely to Win
• Red Meat Sugar Molecule Increases Cancer Risk in Mice
• A Russian Company Wants to Build a Base on The Moon

January 2

• Some 6,000-Year-Old Artefacts Near Stonehenge Could "Rewrite British History"
• Any Kind of Pet Can Strengthen The Social Skills of a Child With Autism
• Your Obesity Risk Is Linked to The Year You're Born, New Research Suggests
• A Frog Has Been Discovered That Gives Birth to Live Tadpoles
• WATCH: This Comet Is Blazing Past Earth – And You Can See It Without a Telescope