Top news for December 21, 2008

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In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

GLP-1 Drug Fails to Quell Alzheimer’s in Novo Nordisk Trials

NASA successfully beamed a doctor to the International Space Station as a real-time hologram, and it changes everything for deep-space missions

Nasal Drops Could Help Fight a Common And Deadly Brain Cancer

China launches uncrewed Shenzhou capsule for 3 astronauts stuck on Tiangong space station (video)

Researchers Discover New Kind of DNA Damage Hidden Inside Mitochondria

Scientists Find Molecular Switch That Helps Cancer Cells Defy Death

11,000-Year-Old Dog Skulls Rewrite the Story of Domestication

This glowing particle in a laser trap may reveal how lightning begins