Top news for December 21, 2008

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NASA is Supporting the Search for Alien Megastructures

New concept drug hunts down late-stage prostate cancer

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

Spaceflights for Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos Spur Race for Insurers

Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse

After British Columbia’s Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires

Scientists observe a new type of topological defect in chiral magnets for the first time

Gut-Brain Axis Yields Clues to Neurodegenerative Disease

FAA begins use of system to reduce impact of launches on airspace

Giant Quantum Tornados in Hybrid Light-Matter System Reveal Complex Physical Phenomena