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Drones inspired by insects could keep flying even when damaged
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23331071-200-drones-inspired-by-insects-could-keep-flying-even-when-damagedMIT scientists develop super-light, super-strong structure
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0108/MIT-scientists-develop-super-light-super-strong-structureAll Dutch Trains Now Run on 100% Wind Power
https://futurism.com/all-dutch-trains-now-run-on-100-wind-powerSummer solar heat for the winter
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170110121112.htm88-year-old Saskatoon man makes cheap knitting machine
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/88-year-old-saskatoon-man-socks-1.3922778Pentagon successfully tests micro-drone swarm
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-pentagon-successfully-micro-drone-swarm.htmlAmazon's 'Mothership': Retailer Gets Patent for Mega-Drone
https://www.sott.net/article/339155-Amazons-Mothership-Retailer-Gets-Patent-for-Mega-DroneResearchers use nature's weaving formula to engineer advanced functional materials
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-nature-formula-advanced-functional-materials.htmlThis three-mile-high skyscraper design is coated in self-cleaning material that eats smog
https://www.sott.net/article/339401-This-three-mile-high-skyscraper-design-is-coated-in-self-cleaning-material-that-eats-smogSCIENCE:
Mars should have loads more water – so where has it all gone?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23331070-800-mars-should-have-loads-more-water-so-where-has-it-all-gone[Faulty?] Observations cast new light on cosmic microwave background
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-cosmic-microwave-background.html[Pretend] Evidence of supermassive black holes found in neighbouring galaxies
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/07/evidence-of-supermassive-black-holes-found-in-neighbouring-galaxiesColliding stars will light up the night sky in 2022
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/colliding-stars-will-light-night-sky-2022The night sky might have a new, bright ‘star’ in five years
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Spacebound/2017/0108/Why-the-night-sky-might-have-a-new-bright-star-in-five-yearsSolar storms could spark soils at moon’s poles
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-nasa-solar-storms-soils-moon.htmlLevitating Lunar dust particles can travel across vast regions of the moon via static electricity
http://www.space.com/35240-moon-dust-levitates-nasa-study.htmlIn a Few Billion Years Will Our Planet Still Be Around?
https://futurism.com/1-evergreen-the-sun-the-earth-and-a-few-billion-years-will-our-planet-still-be-aroundThe Milky Way’s Most Distant Stars May Be Stolen Goods
http://www.seeker.com/milky-way-galaxy-stolen-stars-astronomy-dwarf-sagittarius-2189058764.htmlHow Old Is the Moon? Scientists Say They Finally Know [but they obviously don't]
http://www.space.com/35291-moon-age-pinned-down.htmlMany tiny moons came together to form our moon?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/many-tiny-moons-came-together-form-moon-simulations-suggestAn asteroid just flew by Earth about 50% the distance to the moon, and we barely saw it coming
http://www.businessinsider.com/asteroid-flyby-nearer-than-moon-2017-1A star heading this way could knock millions of asteroids towards Earth
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-star-hurtling-this-way-could-knock-millions-of-asteroids-towards-earthThe Milky Way’s black hole [or else something real] is spewing out planet-size ‘spitballs’
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-milky-black-hole-spewing-planet-size.htmlBlack holes hide in our cosmic backyard [just like fairies]
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-black-holes-cosmic-backyard.htmlHumans Are Made of Stardust a new survey of 150,000 stars shows
http://www.space.com/35276-humans-made-of-stardust-galaxy-life-elements.htmlHow a moon slows the decay of Pluto’s atmosphere
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-moon-pluto-atmosphere.htmlNASA has discovered gigantic ice towers on Pluto, standing 500 metres tall
http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-has-discovered-gigantic-ice-towers-on-pluto-standing-500-metres-tallCould Dark Streaks in Venus’ Clouds Be Microbial Life?
http://www.astrobio.net/venus/dark-streaks-venus-clouds-microbial-life[Imaginary] Dark matter still missing [probably all disappeared into nonexistent black holes]
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-still-missingOur Sun May Have Snatched Planet 9 From Outside the Solar System [not to mention the rest]
http://gizmodo.com/our-sun-may-have-snatched-planet-9-from-outside-the-sol-1791075905Scientists close in on the true mass of the Milky Way
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-scientists-true-mass-milky.htmlOutflowing gas in ultraluminous galaxies
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-outflowing-gas-ultraluminous-galaxies.htmlStruggle to escape distant galaxies creates giant halos of scattered photons
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-struggle-distant-galaxies-giant-halos.htmlAsymmetric structure in the supermassive "black hole" at the galaxy's center
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-asymmetric-supermassive-black-hole-galaxy.htmlAstronomers discover molecular and atomic clouds associated with a superbubble in LMC [small galaxy near us]
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-astronomers-molecular-atomic-clouds-superbubble.htmlWhat role do supermassive black holes play when galaxies merge? [Since they don't exist, maybe none]
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-role-supermassive-black-holes-galaxies.htmlHubble gazes into a "black hole" of puzzling lightness
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-hubble-black-hole-puzzling.htmlHubble Spies Exocomets Diving into Young Star
https://www.sott.net/article/339363-Hubble-Spies-Exocomets-Diving-into-Young-StarThe weakest solar cycle in a century
https://www.sott.net/image/s18/370255/full/solarcycle_strip2.pnghttps://www.sott.net/article/339435-Sunspots-vanish-space-weather-continuesMystery object spotted in Cygnus A Galaxy
https://www.sott.net/article/339572-Mystery-object-spotted-in-Cygnus-A-GalaxyScientists have outlined an 8-page plan to fix what's wrong with science [Actually makes sense: free papers, replace peer review ...]
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-written-an-8-page-plan-to-fix-bad-sciencePhysicists able to 'squeeze' light to cool microscopic drum below quantum limit
https://www.sott.net/article/339626-Physicists-able-to-squeeze-light-to-cool-microscopic-drum-below-quantum-limitNew expedition to probe Mariana trench
https://www.sott.net/article/339623-New-expedition-to-probe-Mariana-trenchs-deepest-secretsScientists now warn of new Ice Age as temperatures plummet -80°F in Russia
https://www.sott.net/article/339176-Scientists-now-warn-of-new-Ice-Age-as-temperatures-plummet-80F-in-RussiaAncient Italian Stonehenge accidentally discovered by group of friends
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ancient-italian-stonehenge-accidentally-discovered-by-friends-a7515651.html2,300-Year-Old Sword Unearthed in China is Still Sharp
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/01/2300-year-old-sword-unearthed-in-china-is-still-sharpAncient city dating back more than 2,000 years found in China
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ancient-city-dating-back-more-than-2-000-years-found-in-china/story-46bxJQwex73oynbicHfLfL.htmlAncient Maya developed super highways network more than 1,000 years ago
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2017/01/ancient-maya-developed-super-highways-network-more-than-1000-years-agoScientists investigate what nearly destroyed the Great Barrier Reef 125,000 years ago [make that 5,000 years ago]
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0108/Scientists-investigate-what-nearly-destroyed-the-Great-Barrier-Reef-125-000-years-agoAncient human disturbances may skew understanding of Amazon and its impact
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-ancient-human-disturbances-skewer-amazon.htmlExploration of Stonehenge tunnel given green light
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/12/stonehenge-tunnel-given-green-light-nearly-30-years-delaysDozens of Tombs and Mysterious Crocodile Skeleton Found in Egypt
http://www.seeker.com/dozens-of-tombs-and-mysterious-crocodile-remains-found-in-egypt-2189113744.htmlSwedish archaeologists discover 12 ancient Egyptian cemeteries near Aswan
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-idUKKBN14V1CQ3,400-year-old wooden box is linked to Pharaoh Amenhotep II
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4110292/Egyptian-treasure-riddle-cracked-160-years-Missing-fragments-reveal-3-400-year-old-wooden-box-linked-Pharaoh-Amenhotep-II.html