Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed

Photo: Stonehenge – June 29, 2014. Photo credit: Eric Titcombe via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Jennifer Ouellette. Ars Technica – January 31, 2026. 

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. January’s list includes a lip-syncing robot; using brewer’s yeast as scaffolding for lab-grown meat;  hunting for Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA in his art; and new evidence that humans really did transport the stones to build Stonehenge from Wales and northern Scotland, rather than being transported by glaciers. […]

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