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Milky Way the galaxy not snack-sized anymore
(AP)
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.
Bush establishes 3 marine monuments in Pacific
(AP)
AP - In the largest marine conservation effort in history, President George W. Bush on Tuesday designated what he called "three beautiful and biologically diverse areas of the Pacific Ocean" as national marine monuments.
Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary
(AP)
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.
More small quakes rattle Yellowstone National Park
(AP)
AP - More earthquakes are rattling Yellowstone National Park.
Great White Shark 'Autopsy' to be Webcast Live
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The shark is dead, but the webcast of its necropsy, or animal autopsy, will be live.
Weather around the U.S.A.
(AP)
AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
SpaceX Assembles New Rocket for Launch Debut
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Space
Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met its goal of having its first Falcon 9
rocket in place and fully integrated at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
by the end of 2008.
Japan wants anti-whalers barred from ports
(AP)
AP - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.
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.
Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Thermometers are plunging across Europe, and so is the pressure in the natural-gas pipelines connecting the continent with its key supplier, Russia.
Popping Smart Pills: the Case for Cognitive Enhancement
(Time.com)
Time.com - In a recent editorial in Nature, a group of bioethicists argue for using stimulants to enhance cognitive performance