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Posted July 18, 2013:

• How Mars' Atmosphere Got So Thin: Reports Detail Curiosity Clues to Atmosphere's Past


• Gene Mutation Linked to Obesity


• Snow in an Infant Solar System: A Frosty Landmark for Planet and Comet Formation


• Best Romantic Singers Are Male Bats


• Microbes Can Influence Evolution of Their Hosts


• Hubble Shows Link Between Stars' Ages and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster


• Endoplasmic Reticulum: Scientists Image 'Parking Garage' Helix Structure in Protein-Making Factory


• Chimpanzees and Orangutans Remember Distant Past Events


• Movement Without Muscles Study in Insects Could Inspire Robot and Prosthetic Limb Developments


• Bearing Witness to the Phenomenon of Symmetric Cell Division


• Scientists Break Record for Thinnest Light-Absorber: May Lead to More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Cells


• Slow Bow Shock Ahead of the Sun's Heliosphere Predicted


• Irish Potato Famine-Causing Pathogen Even More Virulent Now


• Shorebirds Prefer a Good Body to a Large Brain


• Successful Restoration of Hearing and Balance