Top news for December 21, 2008

F.D.A. Moves to Speed Approvals for Cheaper Copycat Drugs

Candy Companies Are Quietly Cutting Down on Cocoa to Save Money

Cobalt single atom-phosphate functionalized reduced graphene oxide/perylenetetracarboxylic acid nanosheet heterojunctions for efficiently photocatalytic H2O2 production - EurekAlert!

Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire test, preparing for NASA’s EscaPADE mission launch

A Signal Hidden Deep in Your Brain Could Track Parkinson's Symptoms

QSO1 is a 50-million-stellar-mass black hole that floats through space almost alone: signs indicate what stars surround it formed after it did, meaning it did not form at the center of an already existing galaxy as is the old theory. It may be a primordial black hole, a direct collapse black hole…

Scientists shocked by reversed electric field around Earth

Are room-temperature superconductors finally within reach?

Those Halloween fireballs might be more dangerous than you think

A Mundane Universe and the Rarity of Advanced Civilizations