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Less than 19 hours after the astronauts checked out of the space station Saturday, their Dragon capsule was bobbing in the sea as they awaited pickup.

The study directly compared three approaches — surgery to remove tumors, radiation treatment and monitoring. Results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“Based on initial data review, vehicle is healthy. More info to follow on cause of aborts today,” the company said in an update on Twitter.

Seasonal sargassum blooms have exploded in the tropical Atlantic over the past decade and more. This year's is already staggeringly large.

A Dutch historian found a unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure, consisting of four golden ear pendants, two strips of gold leaf and 39 silver coins.

Before the Vindelev hoard’s discovery, the oldest mention of Odin was a brooch found in southern Germany from the latter half of the 6th century.

In key ways, the smoke-belching fire in Ohio offered the right recipe to create dioxins, which can linger in soil and animals.

It's not yet known what issues were encountered at the launchpad, but company officials said a new launch date and time will be announced soon.

Upon reaching space, the H3 rocket’s second-stage engine failed to ignite, forcing mission officials to manually destroy the vehicle.

After making his home near the Hollywood Sign for the past decade, P-22 became a symbol for California’s endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity.

The impact of the tax credit on emissions reductions depends on how federal agencies implement it. And, as with most things in accounting, the devil is in the details.