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Posted May 23, 2013:

• King Richard III Found in 'Untidy Lozenge-Shaped Grave'


• Earth's Mantle Affects Long-Term Sea-Level Rise Estimates


• Scientists Offer First Definitive Proof of Bacteria-Feeding Behavior in Green Algae


• Biophysicists Measure Mechanism That Determines Fate of Living Cells


• Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease Deficits in Mice


• Molecule That Triggers Sensation of Itch Discovered


• White Tiger Mystery Solved: Coat Color Produced by Single Change in Pigment Gene


• Motion Quotient: IQ Predicted by Ability to Filter Visual Motion


• Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery


• Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic Offers Clues to Possible Life on Mars


• Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape


• Hidden Population of Exotic Neutron Stars


• Flat Spray-on Optical Lens Created


• The Secret Lives (and Deaths) of Neurons


• Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease