Top news for December 21, 2008

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Artemis 2 moon astronaut explains risk of flying NASA's supersonic training jet

More Than a Million Americans "Missing" as US Endures a Crisis of Early Death

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

Bizarre “Mind Controlling” Parasitic Hairworms Are Missing Genes Found in Every Other Animal

Christopher Nolan on J. Robert Oppenheimer and His Contradictions

European Breeding Birds Defy Expectations in Their Climate Change Response

Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer's claim sparks debate, criticism

AI often mangles African languages. Local scientists and volunteers are taking it back to school

Centuries on, Newton’s gravitational constant still can’t be pinned down