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Milky Way — the galaxy — not snack-sized anymore

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_sc/sci_milky_way"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.94b8f6c62a2e4b9581ac32fc40a974a0.milky_way_wx111.jpg?x=127&y=130&q=85&sig=gZs8D3U.T_MGUH5kHa4Pcw--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="This undated hand out artist rendering provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the latest view of the Milky Way's structure. Our Milky Way galaxy may not be the snack-sized collection of stars astronomers have long thought it was. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Robert Hurt, Mark Reid)" border="0" /></a>AP - Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore.</p><br clear="all"/>

Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_marine_conservation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.cps.orw77.060109011443.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=l00SkUMSBY6UIsa4OHMUmw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Fish swim near coral reefs. President George W. Bush is to announce the creation of the world's largest marine protection area spanning some 195,000 square miles (505,000 sq km) in the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President George W. Bush as national monuments to protect them from oil and gas extraction and commercial fishing in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history.</p><br clear="all"/>

Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_sc/mars_rovers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090103/capt.f093084ca6ec4ce79d368e23b0e8fab9.mars_rovers_la103.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=7mAiAHKQiGAEAvovOAqQgw--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="In this April 13, 2005 iimage provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a synthetic image of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover on the flank of 'Husband Hill' that was produced using 'Virtual Presence in Space' technology. Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin, Opportunity, are still on the job. Expectations were far lower when Spirit bounced to the surface in a cocoon of airbags on Jan. 3, 2004, followed 21 days later by Opportunity: The goal was to try to operate each solar-powered rover for at least three months. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)" border="0" /></a>AP - Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.</p><br clear="all"/>

More small quakes rattle Yellowstone National Park

(AP)

AP - More earthquakes are rattling Yellowstone National Park.

Exercise Improves Old Brains

(LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The moment of truth has arrived, again. The holidays have passed,the leftovers are dwindling and you have renewed your annual New Year'sresolution to get back into shape... for real. Don't worry, you are notalone. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 63 percentof Americans have a Body Mass Index (BMI) in excess of 25 (defined asoverweight), while a quarter are greater than 30 (obese).

The Nation's Weather

(AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_we_us/weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090104/capt.1244df5e7acb4d5fb157c976d1e209af.weather_national_ny4.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=6M9o8R071XZ9dLy4HMQOwg--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="National Summary: Yet another major Pacific storm will slam into the Northwest, providing rain and high elevation snow from the Cascades through the Intermountain West and Great Basin. More precipitation is expected along the Gulf Coast, while the Northeast remains cold." border="0" /></a>AP - Storms swirled over the Northwest and Gulf Coast early Monday, dumping snow from Washington to Northern California and promising wind-swept showers for the Southeast.</p><br clear="all"/>

Milky Way spins faster, has more mass than thought: astronomers

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090105/sc_afp/usastronomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090105/capt.cps.orw65.060109004209.photo00.photo.default-512x332.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Umv7yChHrEeG9SlwKttjdA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This 2004 NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows an infrared image of a nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. The Milky Way, the Earth's home galaxy, is spinning much faster and has a mass 50 percent larger than previously believed, raising the probability of a collision with another galaxy, according to a report out Monday.(AFP/NASA/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Milky Way, the Earth's home galaxy, is spinning much faster and has a mass 50 percent larger than previously believed, raising the probability of a collision with another galaxy, according to a report out Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>

Japanese whaler missing in Antarctic: officials

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_asia_afp/japannzealandwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.cps.orx80.060109052302.photo00.photo.default-453x512.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=XNmzK5HLxAats0v8NigdLQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru harpoons a whale in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator has said.(AFP/GREENPEACE/File/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

Ancient Fossil Suggests Origin of Cheetahs

(LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A nearly complete skull of a primitive cheetah that sprinted about in China more than 2 million years ago suggests the agile cats originated in the Old World rather than in the Americas.

Putin orders cuts to Europe-bound gas supplies through Ukraine

(AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090105/wl_afp/russiaukraineeuenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090105/capt.cps.orv62.050109211954.photo00.photo.default-383x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=cKElN8DbYHIa59VZi3.qEg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A pressure-gauge set on a gas pipe covered with snow at the gas-compressor station in the Ukrainian city of Boyarka, near Kiev on January 2, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered gas giant Gazprom to start cutting supplies to Ukraine bound for European consumers in response to Kiev's alleged siphoning from pipelines.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered gas giant Gazprom to start cutting supplies to Ukraine bound for European consumers in response to Kiev's alleged siphoning from pipelines.</p><br clear="all"/>

Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread

(HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could help doctors fine-tune breast cancer treatments even further, a new study confirms that there are genes that increase the likelihood that the disease will spread throughout a woman's body.