- Trinamool leaders do it again: 'As long as the Earth exists, there will be rapes' http://www.firstpost.com/india/trinamool-leaders-do-it-again-as-long-as-the-earth-exists-there-will-be-rapes-1686273.html 22 comments india
- Life Begun In Nebula Clouds - the first chemical combinations would have had billions of years to become a self-replicating organism with a DNA genome long before the existence of Earth. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/08/did-life-originate-in-galactic-nebula-some-experts-say-yes.html 11 comments science
- NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. This could overturn long-held ideas of space physics. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16dec_giantbreach.htm?list973608 6 comments science
- [Wirth] Steve Kerr: “I’ve long felt that’s one of Steph’s secrets to his success, he loves his life. He loves his family, his hobbies, his daily existence on the Earth, he just enjoys it so much. He’s got so much going for him that it makes everything smoother and more fun for him on the court.” https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steve-kerr-credits-damion-lees-success-his-personal-life 197 comments nba
- India’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan 1, confirmed the existence of water on the moon. 1 year later, with systems failing, engineers were able to steer the spacecraft based on the sun, keeping the mission alive long enough to photograph a solar eclipse on Earth from lunar orbit for the first time. https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/indias-role-in-the-new-race-to-the-moon 46 comments space