Top news for December 21, 2008

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SpaceX sends 45 satellites to orbit in nighttime launch from California (video)

Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab

Small dose of antibiotic yields good results in treating panic attacks

What Is That Bright Star In The West After Sunset?

A new hypothesis links stress and inflammation to lowered neuronal activation thresholds, potentially explaining why rumination, flashbacks, and hearing voices can feel involuntary

A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs

Weight-loss drug semaglutide reduces heavy alcohol drinking in new clinical trial

Student Finds the Psychedelic Fungus the Inventor of LSD Spent His Life Searching For

Why do some stars become 'supernova impostors'? Astronomers still don't quite know

Urban Birds Appear to Fear Women More Than Men, But Why?