Top news for December 21, 2008

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A 'bomb cyclone' is battering much of California

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

Christmas May Be Graced By A Bright Naked-Eye Comet Called ‘Leonard’

She Is Breaking Glass Ceilings in Space, but Facing Sexism on Earth

FDA: Yet Another Blood Pressure Medication Recall Due To Cancer Concerns

New DNA Research Shows Humans Did Not Cause Woolly Mammoths To Go Extinct – Climate Change Did

Satellite Data Shows Even Small Ancient Gatherer Communities Shaped The Landscape

‘We hope it’s not an adversary here on Earth’: NASA leader suggests UFOs could be aliens

'It's anarchic': Ed Miliband on the reality of climate talk like COP26

Mélange Melts: Icy “Glue” May Control Pace of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Breakup