The authoritarian president of Turkmenistan has ordered a ban on lip synching performances across the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, citing "a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art," his office says Tuesday. President Saparmurat has outlawed opera and ballet and railed against long hair and gold teeth in the past, reports The Associated Press.

Scientists have discovered a track from a three-toed dinosaur said to be about 70 million years old, in the Denali national Park, in Alaska. According to an Associated Press report, a University of Alaska Fairbanks student first discovered the footprint on June 27, while taking a geology field course.

Ian Rochfort is granted the first liscense allowing the use of cannibis seed in a food product, which he will use to develop and export Hemp Hound Hors d'oeuvers, dog biscuits containing contain hemp seed extracts, which is known to be rich in healthy amino acids. The liscensing stipulates the biscuits will undergo strict testing to ensure they contain no more than 50mg per kilogram of THC, and the product must carry a label reading, "not for human consumption. "