Japanese bacterium on a Rembrandt, 21 million brain cells, children's fingerprints on clay: what do you believe?

We picked this week's science news: the microbes on Rembrandt's Night Watch, a cell-level brain atlas, a 15,000-year-old clay figurine and the longest rainy period in Earth's history. Tell us what you think – uncertainty is allowed.

1. Which recent science story made you most curious?
2. What is the most likely explanation for a bacterium known from a Japanese sugar refinery turning up on the Night Watch?
3. Children's fingerprints are also found on the 15,000-year-old clay figurines: what does that suggest to you?
4. How much do you agree with the following statements?
5. How likely is it that the cell-level map of the whole human brain will be finished by 2028?
6. What would convince you most that a spectacular science story is true?
7. How old are you?
8. Which county do you live in?
9. How big is the settlement you live in?
10. How would you describe your living environment?
11. How many people live in your household (including yourself)?
12. What is your citizenship?
13. How long have you lived at your current place of residence?