Top news for December 21, 2008

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Scientists Shrink Pancreatic Cancer Tumors by Starving Their Cellular “Neighbors”

Mammals evolved big brains after big disasters

Risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 in people with diabetes

New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch

China launches core module of new space station to orbit

Social media and science show how ship's plastic cargo dispersed from Florida to Norway

Prenatal exposure to pesticides increases the risk of obesity in adolescence

Team builds better tool for assessing infant brain health

SpaceX rocket launches another 60 Starlink satellites, nails its 7th landing at sea

Wild donkeys and horses engineer water holes that help other species