Top news for December 21, 2008

Read it in the app

An ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Meningitis Raises Alarm in Britain

James Barnard, a Global Force in Wastewater Treatment, Dies at 90

The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

Northern lights may be visible in 18 states March 19

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese 'Strix' satellite

Sci-fi author Andy Weir explains the astrobiology behind 'Project Hail Mary' (interview)

Earthshine will reveal the moon's hidden face tonight— here's how to see it

These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate

What happens after Ozempic shocked researchers

Gum disease bacterium linked to breast cancer growth and spread