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You might have seen: Fox News, ‘Godzilla of Earths’: Alien Planet 17 Times Heavier Than Our World Discovered; http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/06/02/godzilla-earths-alien-planet-17-times-heavier-than-our-world-discovered/

You might have seen: theverge.com, Researchers Discover Fossils of Largest Dino Believed to Ever Walk the Earth; http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/17/5726404/largest-dinosaur-ever-discovered-in-argentina

You might have seen: abcnews.com, Ancient Skeleton Shedding Light on First Americans; http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-skeleton-shedding-light-americans-23735483

You might have seen: New York Times, Creation, in the Eye of the Beholder; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/science/creation-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html

You might have seen: New York Times, A Moon of Saturn Has a Sea, Scientists Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/science/space/a-moon-of-saturn-has-a-sea-scientists-say.html

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, New Geologic Clock "Resets" Date for Moon' Formation; http://news.yahoo.com/geologic-clock-resets-date-moons-formation-193248212.html

You might have seen: BBC.com, Cosmic Inflation: "Spectacular" Discovery Hailed; http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26605974

You might have seen: Nature.com, Tiny Diamond Impurity Reveals Water Riches of Deep Earth; http://www.nature.com/news/tiny-diamond-impurity-reveals-water-riches-of-deep-earth-1.14862

You might have seen: Bloomberg, Dad May Join Two Moms for Disease-Free Designer Babies; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/dad-may-join-two-moms-for-disease-free-designer-babies.html

You might have seen: BBC News, Crystal Is "Oldest Scrap of Earth Crust"; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26324968

You might have seen: Yahoo! News,Treasure trove of fossils found in Canada will 'significantly' change understanding of evolution; http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/canadian-researchers-discover-mother-lode-of-fossils-in-b-c--park-144408422.html

You might have seen: Veritas.org,(Meta)Physics: An Atheist and a Christian Discuss Physics and Philosophy; http://www.veritas.org/campuses/california-institute-technology/

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Black Holes Get Even Weirder with New Stephen Hawking Theory; http://news.yahoo.com/black-holes-even-weirder-stephen-hawking-theory-114442413.html

You might have seen: NBC News, Mysterious Rock Found by Mars Rover: "We were absolutely startled"; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mysterious-mars-rock-looks-jelly-doughnut-defies-explanation-2D11972899

You might have seen: Space.com, Strange Metal Asteroid Targeted in Far-Out NASA Mission Concept; http://www.space.com/24288-strange-metal-asteroid-psyche-nasa-mission.html

You might have seen: Science Daily, Tiny Ancestor of Lions, Tigers andBears Discovered

You might have seen: Science Daily, Tropical Forests Mitigate Extreme Weather Events, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218112952.htm

You might have seen: Science Daily, Clues to How Plants Evolved to Cope with Cold, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131222161805.htm

You might have seen: BCC News, Mystery Early Human Revealed by DNA Data, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25423498

You might have seen: Fox News, Human Hand Fossil Turns Back Clock 500,000 Years on Complex Tool Use, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/17/human-hand-fossil-turns-back-clock-500000-years-on-complex-tool-use/

You might have seen: Breitbart.com, Scientists Find Second, "Hidden" Language in Human Genetic Code, http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20131212-174536-3107

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Element Essential for Life Found in Supernvova Remains, http://news.yahoo.com/element-essential-life-found-supernova-remains-192058557.html

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Elusive Dark Matter May Have Already Been Found, http://news.yahoo.com/elusive-dark-matter-may-already-found-132401882.html

You might have seen: New York Times, Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/science/at-400000-years-oldest-human-dna-yet-found-raises-new-mysteries.html

You might have seen: New York Times, 24,000-Year-Old Body Shows Kinship to Europeans and American Indians, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/science/two-surprises-in-dna-of-boy-found-buried-in-siberia.html

You might have seen: Daily Mail, Neanderthal viruses dating back 500,000 years discovered in modern human DNA, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509455/Neanderthal-viruses-dating-500-000-years-discovered-modern-human-DNA.html

You might have seen: Fox News, Stone-tipped spears predate existence of humans by 85,000 years, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/14/stone-tipped-spears-predate-existence-humans-by-85000-years/

You might have seen: Telegraph.co.uk, Oldest signs of life on Earth found, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10445788/Oldest-signs-of-life-on-Earth-found.html

You might have seen: Fox News, Study suggests life began with clay, echoing Bible creation story, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/06/new-study-suggests-man-came-from-clay-as-bible-suggests/

You might have seen: Fox News, At least 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets found, study says, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/05/at-least-88-billion-earth-size-just-right-planets-found-study-says/

You might have seen: Live Science, Antarctic Hills Haven't Seen Water in 14 Million Years, http://www.livescience.com/40890-antarctic-dry-valleys-no-water.html

You might have seen: Space.com, Strange 'Lava World' Is Most Earthlike Alien Planet Yet, http://www.space.com/23394-strange-alien-planet-earthlike-kepler-78b.html

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Diamond Planets Likely Dry and Inhospitable for Alien Life, http://news.yahoo.com/diamond-planets-likely-dry-inhospitable-alien-life-114154164.html

You might have seen: Nature, Ancient Galaxy Is Farthest Ever Seen, http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-galaxy-farthest-ever-seen-170530661.html

You might have seen: Nature, http://www.nature.com/news/kepler-finds-first-known-tilted-solar-system-1.13976

You might have seen: BBC, Scientist hails 'jaw-dropping' fish fossil discovery; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24296362

You might have seen: BBC, Curiosity rover's methane result challenges life theory; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24165219

You might have seen: Space.com, Meteorite Brought Surprising Ingredient for Life to Earth In 2012; http://www.space.com/22719-meteorite-surprising-organic-molecules.html

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Science Is Key to Earth's Future, Says Astrophysicist Martin Rees; http://news.yahoo.com/science-key-earths-future-says-astrophysicist-martin-rees-151042590.html

You might have seen: NBC News, Cambrian explosion was indeed marked by lightning-fast evolution; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/cambrian-explosion-was-indeed-marked-lightning-fast-evolution-8C11139749

You might have seen: Space.com, Incredible Technology: How Astronauts Could Hibernate On Mars Voyage; http://www.space.com/22520-incredible-technology-mars-astronauts-suspended-animation.html

You might have seen: Space.com, Is NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid Really Legal?; http://www.space.com/22605-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-legal-issues.html

You might have seen: Space.com, Ingredient for Life More Plentiful on Ancient Mars Than Earth; http://www.space.com/22618-mars-life-ingredient-plentiful.html

You might have seen: CNN, Neanderthal tools present new challenges to archaeologists; http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/world/europe/neanderthal-tools/index.html

You might have seen: BBC, Area 51 Has Been Declassified; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23731759

You might have seen: Fox News, 4-billion-year-old fossil proteins resurrected; http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/09/4-billion-year-old-fossil-proteins-resurrected/

You might have seen: NBC News, Genetic 'Adam' and 'Eve' traced — but they didn't know each other; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/genetic-adam-eve-traced-they-didnt-know-each-other-6C10822690

You might have seen: National Science Foundation, Analysis of Greenland Ice Cores Adds to Historical Record and May Provide Glimpse into Climate's Future; http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126670

You might have seen: Washington Post, Origin of gold found in rare neutron-star collisions; http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/origin-of-gold-found-in-rare-neutron-star-collisions/2013/07/17/a158bd46-eef2-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html?hpid=z2

You might have seen: Live Science, Ancient Inscription From King Solomon's Time Unearthed; http://www.livescience.com/38079-canaanite-inscription-found-near-temple-mount.html