October 9, 2008 (Thursday)
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio won the Nobel Prize for literature. (NobelPrize)
- The newly discovered bacteria candidatus desulforudis audaxviator found in a gold mine may serve as a model for finding life on other planets, as it lives without light and oxygen. (NewScientist)
- Daily dose of ginkgo may prevent stroke induced brain damage. (Physorg)
- It has been determined vitamin D plays an important role for our health as 36 organ tissues responded to the vitamin. 2000 IU daily is recommended. (Physorg)
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Famous quotes containing the word october:
“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)