Top news for December 21, 2008

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Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away

Trump can't stop America's shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.

The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests

Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert in wake of 'super' El Niño

These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chain Saws

Could psilocybin treat brain injuries? Neuroscientist explains how psychedelics could fill a gap in head trauma care

Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know

A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins

The “glue” holding your cells together has a surprising second job

Egypt's First Kings May Have Been Buried With Human Sacrifices