Item #1 Fiction Fiction An examination of certain Cro-Magnon remains suggests that a mummification process was used, not unlike early Egyptian techniques. http://www.nature.com/news/mummifying-balm-recipe-is-older-than-the-pharaohs-1.15717

Item #2 Science Science For the first time a scientist has developed a technique for creating glass out of elemental metal. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7155/full/448758a.html