August 22, 2008 (Friday)
- Scientists find appetite control neurons (POMC) in the brain degenerate over time because of free radicals; explaining why people overeat as they age. (EurekAlert)
- NASA destroys a prototype rocket made by Alliant Techsystems when it veered off course. (AP)
- The first Vertical farms start to be built
Read more about this topic: August 2008 In Science
Famous quotes containing the word august:
“I saw the spiders marching through the air,
Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day
In latter August when the hay
Came creaking to the barn.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)