Top news for December 21, 2008

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Rocket launch today: SpaceX launching US spy satellite in morning liftoff

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

Glasgow Climate Talks Are Down to the Wire on Money, Ambition and Fossil Fuels

Climate Change May Have Done 2 Odd And Contradictory Things to Birds in The Amazon

Penn State researchers believe white-tailed deer are contracting coronavirus from humans. Hunters beware? Deer added to growing list of animals that can carry, transmit COVID-19

The Origins and Young History of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Is a Lush Beard a Signal of Having More Testosterone? Not So Fast, Says New Study

'They See Us as the Enemy': Schools Nurses Face Pandemic Rage

For Terminal Patients, the Barrier to Aid in Dying Can Be a State Line

Don’t Miss: An Almost Total Lunar Eclipse