Top news for December 21, 2008

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On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Chuck Yeager smashes the sound barrier.

Dr. Barbara Murphy, Kidney Transplant Expert, Dies at 56

How Do Kids Figure Out What Words Mean? New Computer Model Has Answers

Scientists Resurrect “Forgotten” Genus of Symbiotic Algae Living in Marine Animals

When did the Brits and Yanks become allies again after the Revolutionary War?

'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic may not survive climate change

Most Americans think intelligent aliens exist, and half think they have visited Earth

Fossil Shark Teeth Cache Unearthed In The City Of David, One Of The Oldest Parts Of Jerusalem

Mathematicians Prove a 2D Version of Quantum Gravity Works

Astronomers Use Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Actual Shape of the Universe