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Posted August 21, 2013:

• Astronomers Take Sharpest Photos Ever of the Night Sky


• High-Precision Measurement of Subatomic Shape Shifting and New Result on Differences Among Neutrino Masses


• Mother's Genes Can Impact Aging Process


• A Brighter Method for Measuring the Surface Gravity of Distant Stars


• Physicists Pinpoint Key Property of Material That Both Conducts and Insulates


• Crocodile Confession: Meat-Eating Predators Occasionally Eat Fruit


• Playing Video Games Can Boost Brain Power


• Hamster Genome Decoded: Researchers Successfully Sequence Genome of Chinese Hamster


• Human Foot Not as Unique as Originally Thought


• Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders Share Genetic Link

Posted August 20, 2013:

• 'Zombie Vortices' May Be Key Step in Star Formation


• How Sleep Helps Brain Learn Motor Task


• Epic Ocean Voyages of Coral Larvae Revealed


• 'Groovy' Hologram Creates Strange State of Light


• The Vikings Were Not the First Colonizers of the Faroe Islands


• Starbirth Surprisingly Energetic: New Insights Into Protostars


• Anthropologists Study the Genesis of Reciprocity in Food Sharing


• Möbius Strip Ties Liquid Crystal in Knots to Produce Tomorrow's Materials and Photonic Devices


• Neurologists Report Unique Form of Musical Hallucinations


• Building Better Brain Implants: The Challenge of Longevity


• Free-Floating Planets May Be Born Free