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  1. Astronomy

    Milky Way galaxy: Cloaked in a hot shroud?

    Spacecraft observations indicate that a vast, unseen halo of hot gas envelopes our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and could literally be brushing up against its nearest neighbors.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Humans

    Record science budget evaded proposed cuts

    Congress and the Bush administration have now agreed on unprecedented rises in funding for research and development programs.

    By Ben Harder

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    Reading this article, I wondered about other species. I have a golden retriever that licks her legs to the point of making them raw. I had thought it was a nervous habit learned as a puppy, then a previous golden retriever owner told me that it is a trait of the breed.