Top news for December 21, 2008

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Rare two-headed turtle hatchling discovered on Cape Cod

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The central Pacific Ocean just broke a temperature record. Experts say it might signal a new kind of El Niño.

James Webb telescope pinpoints the most distant 'fast radio burst' ever seen

U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

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Floodwaters Overwhelm Thailand

A Student Finds Three Galaxies and Possibly Solves a Mystery

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