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In the January 16 Issue:

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer took its first image, capturing 3,000 stars in the constellation Carina. When its nine-month mission ends in October 2010, the telescope will have imaged the entire sky one and a half times. Full Story NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

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Bornavirus genes found in human DNA Researchers have found molecular fossils of an RNA virus in human and other mammalian genomes, pushing back the emergence of RNA viruses millions of years. Read the full story. | Jan 6th 2010 Found in: Genes & Cells
Footprints could push back tetrapod origins Newly discovered trackways much older than previous evidence for sea-to-land transition. Read the full story. | Jan 6th 2010 Found in: Earth, Life, Paleobiology and Paleontology
Not too soon to announce possible earliest galaxies known BLOG: Press briefing fails to announce preliminary findings of what could be the most distant galaxies seen yet. Read the full story. | Jan 6th 2010 Found in: Atom & Cosmos
Hubble goes deep and wide for new view of galaxies A newly released multiwavelength image portrays 12 billion years of cosmic history, depicting the assembly of galaxies in unprecedented detail. Read the full story. | Jan 5th 2010 Found in: Atom & Cosmos
New-found galaxies may be farthest back in time and space yet Potential finding uses data that push limits of current technology. Read the full story. | Jan 3rd 2010 Found in: Atom & Cosmos
Cancer plaguing Tasmanian devils began in one animal's nerve cells Genetics provide a starting point for diagnosis and potential vaccines. Read the full story. | Dec 31st 2009 Found in: Genes & Cells and Life
Warming has already boosted insect breeding Museum records, publications suggest extra generations at same time as temperature increases Read the full story. | Dec 24th 2009 Found in: Climate Change and Life
Tides in Earth's crust trigger small, deep quakes Study of one portion of the San Andreas fault finds that just a little added stress from crustal tides makes a quake more likely. Read the full story. | Dec 23rd 2009 Found in: Earth and Earth Science

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Fruit fly bodies bank stem cells
1.7.10 - Protective pockets hold reserves until it's time for stem cells to become intestinal cells Found in: Genes & Cells
Symmetry found hidden in supercold atoms
1.7.10 - Complex E8 patterns detected in physical system Found in: Matter & Energy, Molecules and Numbers
Gamma-ray burst may reveal some of oldest dust in the universe
1.6.10 - Remote flash may have uncovered supernova-generated dust from just 1 billion years after the Big Bang Found in: Atom & Cosmos
WISE sees its first stars
1.6.10 - New infrared observatory is ready for action Found in: Atom & Cosmos
New test could discern serious condition early after bone marrow transplant
1.6.10 - Protein level in blood reveals graft-versus-host disease, may indicate severity of this complication Found in: Body & Brain
Moss counters shortness with A-bomb-style clouds
1.6.10 - Sphagnum overcomes drag by launching spores in vortex rings Found in: Life
Comets don't all start out on the fringe
1.6.10 - New model suggests comets also come from the inner Oort Cloud Found in: Atom & Cosmos
Celebrex combats skin cancer in vulnerable group
1.5.10 - Anti-inflammatory drug limits tumors in patients with hereditary condition Found in: Body & Brain
Parting Eta Carinae's clouds reveals more clouds
1.4.10 - New images show star system's inner beauty Found in: Atom & Cosmos
FOR KIDS: Watching out for vultures
1.4.10 - Farmers giving medicine to cows are accidentally poisoning vultures, again Found in: Science News For Kids
FOR KIDS: Small but WISE
1.4.10 - A new telescope will scan the entire sky and see (infra)red Found in: Science News For Kids
Plenty of black holes do-si-do
1.4.10 - Team finds 33 merging galaxies with 'waltzing' black-hole pairs Found in: Atom & Cosmos
Kepler space telescope finds its first extrasolar planets
1.4.10 - Mission uncovers one Neptune-like and four Jupiter-like bodies Found in: Atom & Cosmos
Age of solar system needs a fresh look
12.31.09 - Honed measurements show age overshot by amount significant to earliest stage of formation Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Earth

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On the Scene Not too soon to announce possible earliest galaxies known
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