Top news for December 21, 2008

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Beware the Toxic and Explosive Blue Backpack This Termite Carries

Stranded in Space? NASA Doesn’t See the Starliner Astronauts That Way.

The Painkiller Used for Just About Anything

What Lies Beneath: Geophysicists Decode Mysterious Deep Seismic Signals

Leaf-Like Solar Concentrators Could Majorly Boost Solar Efficiency

DUNE Milestone Achieved: Completion of Massive Caverns Deep Underground for Neutrino Research

Australia’s Life Expectancy Soars: What the U.S. Needs To Learn

Last meal of crocodile mummified in ancient Egypt revealed in CT scans 3,000 years later

Hubble Detects Mysterious Radio Burst Originating From Halfway Across the Universe

Innovative Compound Uses New Mechanism To Kill Cancer Cells