Top news for December 21, 2008

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Lightweight bottles and boxes up to 92% more likely to end up in landfills

Cosmic 'seagull' locks eyes with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in long-awaited test image

Neanderthal DNA still survives in our human family tree. What were our ancient relatives' relationships like?

Webb and Hubble discover new details in one of our galaxy's spookiest objects

New Research Resolves the Mystery Behind Van Gogh's The Starry Night

Novel e-skin advances personal health monitoring

Prophage Activation Turns Bacterial Biofilms into Programmable DNA Factories

APOD: 2026 November 2 – A Long Cloud on Mars

Claudia Felser: Exploring new frontiers in materials science

Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon